3 Praise the Lord! for He is glorious;
Never shall his promise fail:
He hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.
4 Praise the God of our salvation!
Hosts on high, his power proclaim:
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify his name.

PSALM 149.

A song of thanksgiving for the spiritual triumphs of Messiah, and his Church.---Compare I Cor. vi. 2, 3; Eph. vi. 17; Rev. ii. 12, 16.

1 O PRAISE ye the Lord: prepare a new song; His praises, ye saints, in full concert sing: To God, your Creator, the anthem prolong, And let Zion's children be glad in their King. 2 Be joyful, ye saints, sustain'd by his might; And let your glad songs awake with the morn. For all that obey him are still his delight; His hand with salvation the meek will adorn. 3 In glory rejoice;--the Lord draweth near!

O let your glad mouth with praises be fill'd. He comes in His glory;-his judgments appear: The sword of the Spirit your right-hand shall wield.

4 Triumphant, ye saints, his Kingdom proclaim: With Him ye appear, His triumphs attend.How just is His judgment! how faithful His

name!

Let praise to Jehovah for ever ascend.

PSALM 150.

A call to praise God, for his glorious excellencies and mighty acts, with the harmony of instruments, and the concurrence of all that breathe.

1 PRAISE the LORD, who reigns above,

And keeps his court below;
Praise the holy God of love,
And all his greatness show.

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Praise him for his noble deeds,
Praise him for his matchless power;
Him, from whom all good proceeds,
Let earth and heaven adore.

2 Celebrate th' Eternal God
With harp and psaltery;
Timbrels soft, and trumpets loud,
In His high praise agree.
Praise him, ev'ry tuneful string,
All the powers of heavenly art;
Sweetest sounds of music bring,
And music of the heart.

3 Him, in whom they move and live,
Let ev'ry creature sing;
Glory to their Maker give,
And homage to their King.
Hallow'd be His name beneath,
As in heav'n, on earth ador'd;
Praise the LORD, all ye that breathe;-
O praise th' Eternal Lord.

VERSION II.

1 SING praises to God, in full harmony joining, Ye mortals below, and ye seraphs above; Thro' earth, and thro' air, let your accents combining,

Extol the great acts of his power and his love. 2 O praise him aloud, in the full-sounding measures That organs and trumpets symphonious inspire; Let lutes lend their sweetness to these holy plea

sures,

And deeply devout be the strains of the lyre. 3 Be vocal, ye mute, to the Lord of creation,

In echoes your tribute of gratitude raise; And all that have breath, in sublime adoration, The breath that he gave you-employ in His praise.

VERSION III.

1 PRAISE the Lord.-Ye heavens, adore him:
In his temple praise the Lord;
Praise his greatness, sing before him,
All his mighty acts record.

HALLELUJAH!

Wake to life each tuneful chord.

2 Come, with praise his throne surrounding; Bring the harp, the trumpet bring; Wake the organ, loudly sounding;

Strike each sweet harmonious string. HALLELUJAH! All his praise in concert sing.

3 Breathe in praise of your Creator; Ev'ry heart his honours raise. Magnify the God of nature,

Magnify the God of grace.

HALLELUJAH ! Fill the universe with praise.
VERSION IV.

1 PRAISE, O praise the Name Divine!
Praise it at the hallow'd shrine;
Let the firmament on high,
To its Maker's praise reply.
2 Let His acts and power supreme
Of your praises be the theme.
Let each tongue, and let each chord,
Praise the goodness of the Lord.
3 Let the organ in his praise,

Learn its loudest notes to raise.
Instruments of various sound
From the vaulted roof rebound.
4 All who vital breath enjoy,
In his praise that breath employ,
And in one great chorus join;—
Praise, O praise the Name Divine!
5 Praise the name of God Most High!
Praise Him, all below the sky;
Praise Him, all ye heavenly host;
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

S. M.

1 To God the Father, Son,

And Spirit, Glory be;

As was, and is, and shall be so,
To all eternity.

S. M. (Double.)

2 Let ev'ry voice resound

The loud eternal song;

Ye ransom'd saints, the world around,

Ye high celestial throng!

Jehovah we adore,

The Father and the Son,

The Spirit of all grace and power,
The glorious Three in One.
C. M.

3 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God, whom we adore,
Be Glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
C. M. (Double.)

4 To God, our Benefactor, bring
The tribute of your praise;
Too small for an Almighty King,
But all that we can raise.
Glory to Thee, blest Three in One,
The God whom we adore,
As was, and is, and shall be done,
When time shall be no more.

L. M.

5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God, whom earth and heaven adore, Be Glory, as it was of old,

Is now, and shall be evermore.

6 PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

L. M. (Double.)

7 To Father, Son, and Spirit blest,
Be praise in loudest notes addrest!
Such as the stars of morning sung
When earth was on its balance hung;-
Such praise as from th' angelic choirs,
And saints, whom zeal like theirs' inspires,-
In heaven above, and earth below,
Still flows, and shall for ever flow.
8 Glory to God the Father's name;
To Jesus, who for sinners died;
Exalt the Holy Spirit's fame,

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By whom our souls are sanctified.
God's praise was sung, ere time began,
By angels, thro' the starry spheres;
And shall, as now, be sung by man,
Redeem'd and blest, thro' endless years.
SEVENS.

To th' Eternal Three be given
Praise on earth, and praise in heaven;
Such as was through ages past,

Is, and shall for ever last.

SEVENS. (Six lines.)
10 Glory to th' Almighty Lord,
Father, Spirit,-and the Word!
Hail! Thou glorious Three in One;
Worthy Thou to reign alone!
Him, ye Saints and angels, praise:
Praise Him through eternal days.
SEVENS. (Double.)
11 Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD!
Ever be thy name ador'd!
Thee to laud in songs divine,
Saints above, and angels join.
We with them our voices raise,
Echoing thine eternal praise;
And in humbler worship cry,
Glory be to God Most High!