His beams are majesty and light;
His glories how divinely bright!
His temple how divinely fair!
4 Let heaven be glad, let earth rejoice,
Let ocean lift its roaring voice,
Proclaiming loud Jehovah reigns;'
For joy let fertile valleys sing,
And tuneful groves their tribute bring
To him whose power the world sustains. 5 Come, the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall own his sovereign power, And barbarous nations fear his name: Then shall the universe confess
The beauty of his holiness,
And in his courts his grace proclaim.
1 LET every creature join
To praise th' eternal God;
Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin,
And sound his name abroad.
2 Thou sun, with golden beams,
And moon with paler rays,
Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames,
Shine to your Maker's praise.
3 He built those worlds above,
And fixed their wondrous frame :
By his command they stand or move,
And ever speak his name.
4 Ye vapors, when ye rise,
Or fall in showers of snow,
Ye thunders, murmuring round the skies,
His power and glory show.
5 Wind, hail, and flashing fire,
Agree to praise the Lord,
When ye in dreadful storms conspire
To execute his word.
6 By all his works above
His honors be expressed;
But saints, who taste his saving love,
Should sing his praises best.
1 YE boundless realms of joy,
Exalt your Maker's fame;
His praise your song employ
Above the starry frame;
Your voices raise,
Ye cherubim and seraphim,
To sing his praise.
2 Thou moon, that rul'st the night,
And sun, that guid'st the day,
Ye glittering stars of light,
To him your homage pay;
His praise declare,
Ye heavens above, and clouds that move
In liquid air.
3 Let them adore the Lord,
And praise his holy name,
By whose almighty word
They all from nothing came;
And all shall last
From changes free ;·
Stands ever fast.
4 United zeal be shown
His wondrous fame to raise,
Whose glorious name alone
Deserves our endless praise.
Earth's utmost ends
His power obey; his glorious sway
The sky transcends.
5 Virgins and youths, engage
To sound his praise divine,
While infancy and age
Their feebler voices join;
Wide as he reigns
His name be sung, by every tongue,
In endless strains.
6 Let all the nations fear
The God that rules above:
He brings his people near,
And makes them taste his love.
While earth and sky
Attempt his praise, his saints shall raise
His honors high.
1 BEGIN, my soul, the lofty strain;
In solemn accents sing
A sacred hymn of grateful praise
To heaven's almighty King.
2 Ye curling fountains, as ye roll
Your silver waves along,
Whisper to all your verdant shores
The subject of my song.
3 Bear it, ye winds, on all your wings
To distant climes away,
And round the wide-extended world
The lofty theme convey.
4 Take the glad burden of his name,
Ye clouds, as you arise,
Whether to deck the golden morn,
Or shade the evening skies.
5 Long let it warble round the spheres,
And echo through the sky;
Let angels, with immortal skill,
Improve the harmony;
6 Whilst we, with sacred rapture fired,
The great Creator sing,
And utter consecrated lays
To heaven's eternal King.
ye heavens, adore him;
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before him;
Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Hallelujah, amen.
2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken:
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never can be broken,
For their guidance he hath made.
Hallelujah, amen.
3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious :
Never shall his promise fail.
God hath made his saints victorious :
Sin and death shall not prevail.
Hallelujah, amen.
4 Praise the God of our salvation;
Hosts on high, his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name.
Hallelujah, amen.
1 FATHER of angels and of men,
Of nature and of grace the Lord,
Be thou, in one eternal strain,
By all thy various works adored.
2 From heaven to earth, from earth to heaven,
Through worlds above and worlds below,
Thy boundless mercies, freely given,
In tides of bliss forever flow.
3 Sing, O ye heavens-burst into praise,
Thou earth, and let the anthem roll
Till rocks and tombs shall hear the lays,
And light and life embrace the whole.
1 To praise the Lord be our delight;
O praise him in the arched height;
Let hosts and angels of his own
All warble praise to him alone.
2 Ye sun and moon, the eyes of day
And dewy night, his praise display;
Ye stars, and thou, O light, awake
Loud-voiced music for his sake.
3 Ye boundless heavens, spread out on high, Ring with the golden melody;
And all ye waters laid in store
Above the heavens, in song adore.
4 Let them in grateful concert praise
The Lord, and magnify his ways;
Be his eternal love displayed
Who spake the word, and they were made.
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