When foes in secret spread the snare,
Let my salvation be thy care.

2 Shield me without, and guard within
From treacherous foes and deadly sin;
May envy, lust and pride depart,
And heavenly grace expand my heart.
3 Thy justice and thy power display,
And scatter far thy foes away;

While listening nations learn thy_word,
And saints triumphant bless the Lord.

4 Then shall thy church exalt her voice,
And all that love thy name rejoice;
By faith approach thine awful throne,
And plead the merits of thy Son.

HE praise of Sion waits for thee,

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My God, and praise becomes thy house;
There shall thy saints thy glory see,
And there perform their public vows.

2 0 thou, whose mercy bends the skies,
To save when humble sinners pray;
All lands to thee shall lift their eyes,
And every yielding heart obey

3 Against my will my sins prevail,
But grace shall purge away the stain;
The blood of Christ will never fail
To wash my garments white again.
4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt choose,
And give him kind access to thee;
Give him a place within thy house,
To taste thy love divinely free.
5 With dreadful glory God fulfils
What his afflicted saints request;
And with almighty wrath reveals
His love to give his churches rest..

6 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill, and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun

Shall see the Saviour's name adored.

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HE God of our salvation hears

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The groans of Sion mixed with tears;
Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Through all the way his terror shines.

2 On him the race of man depends,
Far as the earth's remotest ends,
Where the Creator's name is known
By nature's feeble light alone.

3 Sailors, that travel o'er the flood,
Address their frighted souls to God,
When tempests rage and billows roar,
At dreadful distance from the shore.

4 He bids the noisy tempests cease;
He calms the raging crowd to peace,
When a tumultuous nation raves
Wild as the wind, and loud as waves.

5 Whole kingdoms, shaken by the storm,
He settles in a peaceful form;

Mountains established by his hand,
Firm on their old foundations stand.

6 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky,
New comets blaze, and lightnings fly;
The heathen lands, with swift surprise,
From the bright horrors turn their eyes.
7 At his command the morning ray
Smiles in the east, and leads the day;
He guides the sun's declining wheels
Over the tops of western hills.

8 Seasons and times obey his voice;
The evening and the morn rejoice

To see the earth made soft with showers,
Laden with fruit, and dressed in flowers.
9 'Tis from his watery stores on high
He gives the thirsty ground supply;
He walks upon the clouds, and thence
Doth his enriching drops dispense.
10 The desert grows a fruitful field,
Abundant fruit the valleys yield;
The valleys shout with cheerful voice,
And neighbouring hills repeat their joys.
11 The pastures smile in green array,
There lambs and larger cattle play;
The larger cattle and the lamb,
Each in his language speaks thy name.

12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine;
O'er every field thy glories shine;

Through every month thy gifts appear:
Great God, thy goodness crowns the year.

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PRAISE waits in Sion, Lord, for thee,
There shall our vows be paid;

Thou hast an ear when sinners pray,
All flesh shall seek thine aid.

2 Lord, our iniquities prevail,
But pardoning grace is thine,

And thou wilt grant us power and skill,
To conquer every sin.

3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose
To bring them near thy face,

Give them a dwelling in thy house,
To feast upon thy grace.

4 In answering what thy church requests,
Thy truth and terror shine,

And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfil thy kind design.

5 Thus shall the wondering nations see
The Lord is good and just;
And distant islands fly to thee,

And make thy name their trust.

6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When signs in heaven appear;

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But they shall learn thy holy word,
And love as well as fear.

'TIS by thy strength the mountains stand,
God of eternal power;

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

2 Thy morning light and evening shade,
Successive comforts bring;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.

3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air are thine;
When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The Author is divine.

4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;

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Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.

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OOD is the Lord, the heavenly King,
Who makes the earth his care;

Visits the pastures every spring,

And bids the grass appear.

2 The clouds, like rivers raised on high, Pour out at his command

Their watery blessings from the sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.

3 The softened ridges of the field
Permit the corn to spring:
The valleys rich provision yield,
And the poor labourers sing.

4 The little hills on every side,
Rejoice at falling showers;

The meadows, dressed in beauteous pride,
Perfume the air with flowers.

5 The thirsty clods, refreshed with rain,
Promise a joyful crop;

The parched grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hope.

6 The various months thy goodness crowns,
How beauteous are thy ways!

The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs,
And shepherds shout thy praise.

SING, all ye nations, to the Lord,
Sing with a joyful noise;

With melody of sound record

His honours and your joys.

2 Say to the Power that formed the sky,
"How terrible art thou!
Sinners before thy presence fly,
Or at thy feet they bow."

3 Come, see the wonders of our God,
How glorious are his ways!

In Moses' hand he put the rod,
And clave the frighted seas.

4 He made the ebbing channel dry,
While Israel passed the flood;
There did the church begin their joy
And triumph in their God.

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