Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America ‎#127

127. Public prayer and praise

1 The praise of Zion waits for thee,
My God; and praise becomes thy house,
There shall thy saints thy glory see,
And there perform their public vows.

2 O thou, whose mercy bends the skies,
To save when humble sinners pray,
All lands to thee shall lift their eyes,
And every yielding heart obey.

3 Against my will my sins prevail,
But grace shall purge away the stain;
The blood of Christ will never fail
To wash my garments white again.

4 Bless'd is the man whom thou shalt choose,
And give him kind access to thee;
Give him a place within thy house,
To taste thy love divinely free.

Pause.

5 Let Babel fear when Zion prays;
Babel, prepare for long distress,
When Zion's God himself arrays
In terror and in righteousness.

6 With dreadful glory God fulfils
What his afflicted saints request;
And with almighty wrath reveals
His love to give his churches rest.

7 Then shall the flocking nations run
To Zion's hill and own their Lord;
The rising and the setting sun
Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd.

Text Information

• First Line: The praise of Zion waits for thee
• Title: Public prayer and praise
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791
• Scripture:
  Psalm 65:1-5
• Notes: Now Public Domain. First part

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