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EFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sovereign power without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,

Our souls, and all our mortal frame: What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy Name?

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heaven our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.

Isaac Watts, 1719; arr. John Wesley; Psalm 100

PRAISE

DOXOLOGY

RAISE God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise him, all creatures here below! Praise him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Amen.

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8.7.8.7

Rest beneath the Almighty's shade; In his secret habitation

Dwell, and never be dismayed.

2 There no tumult can alarm thee,
Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;
Guile nor violence can harm thee,
In eternal safeguard there.

3 God shall charge his angel legions
Watch and ward o'er thee to keep,
Though thou walk through hostile regions,
Though in desert wilds thou sleep.

4 Since, with pure and firm affection,
Thou on God hast set thy love,
With the wings of his protection,
He will shield thee from above.

5 Thou shalt call on him in trouble,
He will hearken, he will save;
Here for grief reward thee double,
Crown with life beyond the grave.

James Montgomery, 1822; Psalm 91

PRAIS

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RAISE the Father, earth and heaven,
Praise the Son, the Spirit praise,

As it was, and is, be given

Glory through eternal days. Amen.

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OD, my King, thy might confessing,
Ever will I bless thy Name;
Day by day thy throne addressing,
Still will I thy praise proclaim.

2 Honour great our God befitteth;
Who his majesty can reach?
Age to age his works transmitteth,
Age to age his power shall teach.

3 They shall talk of all thy glory,

On thy might and greatness dwell, Speak of thy dread acts the story, And thy deeds of wonder tell.

4 Nor shall fail from memory's treasure
Works by love and mercy wrought,
Works of love surpassing measure,
Works of mercy passing thought.

5 Full of kindness and compassion,
Slow to anger, vast in love,
God is good to all creation;

All his works his goodness prove.

6 All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee;
Thee shall all thy saints adore:
King supreme shall they confess thee,
And proclaim thy sovereign power.

Richard Mant, 1824; Psalm 148

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RAISE the Father, earth and heaven,
Praise the Son, the Spirit praise,

As it was, and is, be given

Glory through eternal days. Amen.

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OD of mercy, God of grace,
Show the brightness of thy face;
Shine upon us, Saviour, shine,
Fill thy Church with light divine;
And thy saving health extend
Unto earth's remotest end.

2 Let the people praise thee, Lord;
Be by all that live adored;
Let the nations shout and sing
Glory to their Saviour King;
At thy feet their tribute pay,
And thy holy will obey.

3 Let the people praise thee, Lord;
Earth shall then her fruits afford;
God to man his blessings give,
Man to God devoted live;
All below, and all above,

One in joy, and light, and love.

Henry F. Lyte, 1834; Psalm 67

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RAISE the Name of God most high,

PRAIS
Praise him, all below the sky,

Praise him, all ye heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
As through countless ages past,
Evermore his praise shall last. Amen.

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S pants the wearied hart for cooling springs,

That sinks exhausted in the summer's chase,

So pants my soul for thee, great King of kings,

So thirsts to reach thy sacred dwellingplace.

2 Lord, thy sure mercies, ever in my sight, My heart shall gladden through the tedious day;

And midst the dark and gloomy shades of night,

To thee, my God, I'll tune the grateful lay.

3 Why faint, my soul? why doubt Jehovah's aid?

Thy God, the God of mercy still shall prove;

Within his courts thy thanks shall yet be paid:

Unquestioned be his faithfulness and
love.

Psalm 42; Latin version by Robert Lowth, 1758;
Tr. George Gregory, 1787

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O God the Father, and to God the
Son,

To God the Holy Spirit, Three in One, Be praise from all on earth and all in

heaven,

As was, and is, and ever shall be given.

Amen