z Say to the nations, Jefus reigns,
God's own almighty Son;

His power the finking world fuftains,
And grace furrounds his throne.
3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day,
Joy thro' the earth be feen;
Let cities fhine in bright array,
And fields in chearful green.

4 Let an unusual joy furprise
The islands of the sea:
Ye mountains fink, ye valies rife,
Prepare the Lord his way.

5 Behold he comes, he comes to blefs
The nations as their God;
To fhew the world his righteoufnefs,
And fend his truth abroad.

6 But when his voice fhall raise the dead,
And bid the world draw near,
How will the guilty nations dread,
To fee their Judge appear?

PSALM XCVI. As the 113th Pfalm.

The God of the Gentiles.

ET all the earth their voices raife,

'L To fing the choicest pfalm of praise,

To fing and blefs Jehovah's name:
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his faving works proclaim.

a The heathens know thy glory, Lord;
The wond'ring nations read thy word,
In Britain is Jehovah known;

Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made;
Our maker is our God alone.

3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky,
He made the fhining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there:
His beams are majefty and light;
His beauties how divinely bright!
His temple how divinely fair!

4 Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his faving pow'r,
And barb'rous nations fear his name!
Then fhall the race of man confefs
The beauty of his holiness,

And in his courts his grace proclaim.

PSALM XCVII. 1-5. First Part.

Chrift reigning in heaven, and coming to Judgment.
I E reigns; the Lord, the Saviour reigns!
Praise him in evangelic ftrains:

H

Let the whole earth in fongs rejoice,
And diftant iflands join their voice.
2 Deep are his counfels and unknown;
But grace and truth fupport his throne.
Tho' gloomy clouds his way furround,
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 feas retire.

4 His enemies with fore difinay,

Fly from the fight, and fhun the day a

8

Then lift your heads, ye faints, on high, And fing, for your redemption's nigh. PSALM XCVII. 6-9. Second part. Chrift's incarnation.

TH

HE Lord is come; the heav'ns proclaim His birth; the nations learn his name: An unknown ftar directs the road Of Eaftern fages to their God. 2 All ye bright armies of the fkies, Go, worship where the Saviour lyes: Angels and kings before him bow, Those gods on high, and gods below, 3 Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worfhippers confound: But Judah fhout, but Zion fing, And earth confefs her fov'reign King. PSALM XCVII. Third part. Grace and glory.

TH

H' Almighty reigns exalted high
O'er all the earth, o'er all the fky;
Though clouds and darkness veil his feet,
His dwelling is the mercy-feat.

2 O ye that love his holy name,
Hate ev'ry work of fin and fhame:
He guards the fouls of all his friends,
And from the fnares of hell defends.
3 Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the faints in darkness sown;
Thofe glorious feeds thall fpring and rife,
And the bright harveft blefs our eyes.
4 Rejoice ye righteous, and record
The facred honours of the Lord.

None but the foul that feels his grace
Can triumph in his holinefs.

PSALMXCVII. 1, 3, 5—7, 11. Com. Metre.
Chrift's incarnation and the last judgment.

I

E islands of the northern fea
Rejoice, the Saviour reigns:

His word like fire prepares his way,
And mountains melt to plains.'

2 His prefence finks the proudeft hills,
And makes the valleys rife:

The humble foul enjoys his fmiles,
The haughty finner dies.

3 The heav'ns his rightful pow'r proclaim;
The idol gods around

Fill their own worshippers with íhame,
And totter to the ground.

4 Adoring angels at his birth

Make the Redeemer known;

Thus fhall he come to judge the earth,,
And angels guard his throne.

5 His foes fhall tremble at his fight,
And hills and feas retire:

His children take their unknown flight,
And leave the world in fire.

6 The feeds of joy and glory fown
For faints in darkness here,

Shall rife and spring in worlds unknown
And a rich harvest bear.

PSALM XCVIII. First Part

Praife for the gospel.

T° O our almighty Maker, God,

T New honours be addreft;

3

His great falvation fhines abroad,

And makes the nations bleft.

2 He fpake the word to Abrah'm first,
His truth fulfils the grace;

The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.

3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim
With all her diff'rent tongues;
And spread the honours of his name
In melody and fongs.

PSALM XCVIII. Second Part.
The Meffiah's coming and kingdom.
OY to the world; the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;

JOY

Let ev'ry heart prepare him room,

And heav'n and nature fing.

2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns; Let men their fongs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the founding joy.

3 No more let fins and forrows grow,
Nor thorns infeft the ground;

He comes to make his bleffings flow
Far as the curfe 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 XCIX. First Part.
Chrift's kingdom and majesty.

I THE God,, Jehovah, reigns,

"THE Let all the nations fear;