Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#104

104. Psalm 95

1. Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in his strength rejoice;
When his salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.

2. With thanks approach his awesome sight
And psalms of honor sing;
The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

3. Let princes hear, let angels know
How plain their natures seem,
Those gods on high and gods below,
When once compared with him.

4. Earth with its caverns dark and deep
Lies in his spacious hand;
He fixed the seas what bounds to keep
And where the hills must stand.

5. Now is the time: he bends his ear
And waits for your request;
Come, lest he rouse his wrath and swear,
“You shall not see my rest.”

6. Come, and with humble souls adore,
Come, kneel before his face;
Oh, may the creatures of his pow’r
Be children of his grace!

Text Information

• First Line: Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name
• Title: Psalm 95
• Paraphraser: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 95
• Topic: Lent
• Notes: Versified by nonconformist minister Isaac Watts, from Psalms of David Imitated (1719), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: AZMON
• Adapter: Lowell Mason (1839)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Incipit: 51122 321
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Tune AZMON by American composer-educator Lowell Mason, from The Modern Psalmist (1839), rev. and arr. as in The New Carmina Sacra (1850), adapt. from an unknown tune by Carl Gläser.