In psalms of thanksgiving, record
His praise, with one spirit, one voice:
Jehovah is king, and he reigns-
The God of all gods, on his throne;
The strength of the hills he maintains;
The ends of the earth are his own.
mf 2 The sea is Jehovah's-he made
The tide its dominion to know;
The land is Jehovah's-he laid
Its solid foundation below:
Oh! come, let us worship and kneel
Before our Creator, our God;
The people who serve him with zeal,
The flock whom he guides with his rod.
PSALM 96, C. M.
Christ's first and second Coming.
SING to the Lord, ye distant lands!
Ye tribes of every tongue!
His new-discovered grace demands
A new and nobler song.
2 Say to the nations,—“ Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son;
His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne."
3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
4 Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea;
Ye mountains! sink, ye valleys! rise,
Prepare the Lord his way.
5 Behold, he comes,-he comes to bless
The nations, as their God;
To show the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.
6 But, when his voice shall raise the dead,
And bid the world draw near,
How will the guilty nations dread
To see their Judge appear!
PSALM 96, S. M.
Praise due to God alone.
let our songs arise,
In new exalted strains:
Let earth repeat it to the skies;
The Lord, the Saviour, reigns!
2 Sing to the Lord, our God,
And bless his sacred name
His great salvation, all abroad,
From day to day proclaim.
3 Mid heathen nations place
The glories of his throne;
And let the wonders of his grace
Through all the earth be known.
4 Great is th' eternal Lord,
And great must be his praise:
O'er all the gods, on high adored,
His mightier arm he 'll raise.
5 Through earth, let every tribe,
Let every nation, sing:
Glory, and grace, and might ascribe
To our eternal King.
PSALM 96, L. P. M.
The God of the Gentiles.
ET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of praise;
To sing and bless Jehovah's name:
His glory let the heathen know;
His wonders to the nations show:
And all his saving works proclaim.
2 He framed the globe, he built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there;
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple,-how divinely fair!
3 Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barb'rous nations fear his name!
Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of his holiness,
And, in his courts, his grace proclaim.
PSALM 97, First Part, L. M.
Christ coming to Judgment.
1 HE reigns! the Lord, the Saviour reigns!
Praise him in evangelic strains;
Let the whole earth in songs rejoice,
And distant islands join their voice.
mf 2 Deep are his counsels and unknown;
But grace and truth support his throne:
Though gloomy clouds his way surround,
Justice is their eternal ground.
3 In robes of judgment, lo! he comes;
Shakes the wide earth and cleaves the tombs ·
Before him burns devouring fire ;-
The mountains melt, the seas retire.
4 His enemies, with sore dismay,
Fly from the sight, and shun the day:
Then lift your heads, ye saints! on high,
And sing, for your redemption 's nigh.
PSALM 97, Second Part, L. M.
I is come;-the heavens proclaim
His birth; the nations learn his name:
An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages, to their God.
2 All ye bright armies of tle skies!
Go worship where the Saviour lies
Angels and kings before him bow,
Those gods on high, and gods below.
3 Let idols totter to the ground,
And their own worshipers confound;
But Judah shout, and Zion sing,
And earth confess her sovereign King.
PSALM 97, Third Part, L. M.
Grace and Glory.
TH' Almighty reigns, exalted high
O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky:
Though clouds and darkness veil his feet,
His dwelling is the mercy-seat.
mf 2 Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in darkness sown;
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
3 Rejoice, ye righteous! and record
The sacred honors of the Lord;
None, but the soul that feels his grace,
Can triumph in his holiness.
PSALM 97, C. K.
The Reign of Christ.
E isles and shores of every sea!
Rejoice-the Saviour reigns:
His word, like fire, prepares his way,
And mountains melt to plains.
2 His presence sinks the proudest hills,
And makes the valleys rise;
The humble souls enjoy his smiles,
The haughty sinner dies.
3 Adoring angels, at his birth,
Make the Redeemer known;
Thus shall he come to judge the earth,
And angels guard his throne.
len 4 His foes shall tremble at his sight,
And hills and seas retire;
His children take their upward flight,
And leave the world on fire.
5 The seeds of joy and glory, sown
For saints in darkness here,
Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown,
And a rich harvest bear.
PSALM 98, First Part, C. M.
Praise for the Gospel.
our almighty Maker, God,
New honors be addressed;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations blessed.
2 He spake the word to Abraham first;
His truth fulfills the grace:
The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.
3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim,
With all her different tongues;
And spread the honors of his name,
In melody and songs.
PSALM 98, Second Part, C. M.
The joyful Reign of Christ.
f" 1 JOY to the world, the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the earth,-the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow,
Far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
PSALM 98, Third Part, C. M.
Christ's first and second Coming.
1 TO God address the joyful psalm,
Who wondrous things hath done;
Whose own right hand, and holy arm,
The victory have won.
2 He, to the Gentile nations round,
Hath made his mercy known;
'And, to the world's remotest bound,
His justice shall be shown.
3 The promised Saviour meekly came,
And man's full ransom paid;
Again he comes, his own to claim,
In awful pomp arrayed.
4 He comes with power,—he quits the skies,
To punish and reward;
Oh! let one general chorus rise
To praise the sovereign Lord.
PSALM 99, First Part, S. M.
The Majesty and Grace of Jehovah.
THE Lord Jehovah reigns!—
Let all the nations fear:
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