3

The northern pole, and southern, rest
On thy supporting hand:
Darkness and day, from east to west,
Move round at thy command.

4

Thy words the raging wind control, And rule the boisterous deep: Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep.

5

O'er all the earth, and worlds on high, Thine empire, Lord, extends: Where can thy foes from judgment fly! Or what can harm thy friends?

6

Justice and judgment are thy throne,
Yet wondrous is thy grace;

While truth and mercy, join'd in one,
Invite us near thy face.

67.

The Perfections of God.

1

GREAT is the Lord! his works of might

Demand our noblest songs :

Let his assembled saints unite
Their harmony of tongues.

2

Great is the mercy of the Lord;
He gives his children food;
And, ever mindful of his word,
He makes his promise good.

3

His Son, the great Redeemer, came
To seal his covenant sure :

Holy and reverend is his name,

His ways are just and pure.

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They that would grow divinely wise,
Must with his fear begin :

Our fairest proof of knowledge lies
In hating every sin.

68.

The Divine Perfections celebrated.

1

Be thou exalted, O my God!

Above the heavens, where angels dwell:
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

2

The earth, and stars, and worlds unknown,
Were form'd by thine almighty word:
All things exist through thee alone;
All nature owns thee for its Lord.

3

In thee, O God, are all the springs
Of boundless love, and grace unknown:
All the rich gifts that nature brings,.
Are gifts descending from thy throne.

4

High o'er the earth thy mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky:
Thy truth to endless years remains,
Though lower worlds dissolve and die.

5

Be thou exalted, O my God!

Above the heavens, where angels dwell:
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

69.

The Divine Perfections celebrated.

1

To GOD, the great, the ever-bless'd,
Let songs of honour be address'd:

His boundless wisdom, power, and grace,
Command our awe, invite our praise.

2

Enthron'd amid the radiant spheres,
He glory like a garment wears;
To form a robe of light divine,
Ten thousand suns around him shine.

3

To him all nature owes its birth;
He form'd this ponderous globe of earth;
He rais'd the glorious arch on high,
And measur'd out the azure sky.

4

'Tis he who bids the tempest rise,

And rolls the thunder through the skies;
His voice the elements obey;

And o'er the earth extends his sway.

5

In all our Maker's grand designs,
Omnipotence with wisdom shines;

His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Bear the great impress of his name.

6

His power we trace on every side:
Oh
may his wisdom be our guide!
And while we live, and when we die,
May his almighty love be nigh!

70.

The Perfections of God.

1

How shall I praise the eternal God,
That infinite Unknown?

Who can ascend his high abode,
Or venture near his throne?

2

The great Invisible! he dwells
Conceal'd in dazzling light;
But his all-searching eye reveals
The secrets of the night.

3

'Those watchful eyes, that never sleep,
Survey the world around;

His wisdom is a boundless deep,
Where all our thoughts are drown'd.

4

Speak we of strength? his arm is strong, To save, or to destroy:

To him eternal years belong

And endless is his joy.

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He knows no shadow of a change,
Nor alters his decrees;

Firm as a rock his truth remains,
To guard his promises.

71.

God incomprehensibly Great and Glorious.

1

CAN creatures to perfection find
The eternal, uncreated Mind?

Or can the largest stretch of thought
Measure and search his nature out?

2

Angelic hosts, who round him stand
To execute his high command,
Revering bow before his throne,
Whose nature is by them unknown.

3

His sovereign power, what mortal knows?
If he command, who dares oppose?
The beamings of his piercing sight
Bring dark hypocrisy to light.

4

Great God! thy glories shall employ
Our holy fear, our humble joy:
Sustain'd by thee, we here proclaim
The matchless honours of thy name.

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72.

God Incomprehensible: but his Perfections displayed in his Works and Ways.

1

GREAT God! in vain man's narrow view
Attempts to look thy nature through :
Our labouring powers with reverence own,
Thy glories never can be known.

2

Not the high seraph's mighty thought,
Who countless years his God hath sought,
Such wondrous height or depth can find,
Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

3

Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show
Enough for mortal minds to know:
While wisdom, goodness, power divine,
Through all thy works and conduct shine.

4

Oh may our joyous hearts survey
The gracious tenour of the way;
Explore thy sacred name, and still
Press on to know and do thy will.

73.

Jehovah Eternal and Unchangeable.

1

JEHOVAH reigns! let every nation hear, And at his footstool bow with holy fear: Jehovah reigns, unbounded and alone, And all creation hangs beneath his throne; He reigns alone-let no inferior nature Usurp or share the throne of the Creator.

2

This goodly world, the creature of a day,
Though built by God's right hand, must pass
away:

And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things,
The fate of empires, and the pride of kings :