Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#191b

191b. Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck; or, the Seamen's Song

1 Would you behold the works of God,
His wonders in the world abroad,
With the bold mariner, survey
The unknown regions of the sea.

2 They leave their native shores behind,
And seize the favour of the wind!
'Till God commands, and tempests rise
That heave the ocean to the skies.

3 Now to the heavens they mount amain,
Now sink to dreadful deeps again;
What strange affrights young sailors feel,
And like a staggering drunkard reel.

4 When land is far, and death is nigh,
Lost to all hope, to God they cry:
His mercy hears the loud address,
And sends salvation in distress.

5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage,
The stormy tempests cease to rage;
The gladsome train their fears give o'er,
And hail with joy their native shore.

6 Oh may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
Let them their private offerings bring,
And in the church his glory sing.

Text Information

• First Line: Would you behold the works of God
• Title: Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck; or, the Seamen's Song
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Topic: Afflictions: removed by prayer; Church: restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance: from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard: and Drunkard; Intemperance: and pardoned; Israel: saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel: punished and pardoned; Israel: travels in the wilderness; Luxury: pardoned; Mercies: recorded; Nation's: blest and punished; Providence: recorded; Providence: in air, earth, and sea; Psalm: for mariners; Psalm: for gluttons and drunkards; Saints: punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Fourth Part

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