Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America ‎#223

223. Deliverance from storms and shipwreck; or The seaman'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 favor of the wind;
Till God command, 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 stagg'ring 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 O may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
Let them their private off'rings 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 seaman's song
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Notes: Fourth part

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