The Psalms of David ‎#271

271. Summer and Winter: A Song for Great-Britain

1 O Britain, praise thy mighty GOD,
And make his Honours known abroad,
He bid the Ocean round thee flow;
Not Bars of Brass could guard thee so.

2 Thy Children are secure and blest;
Thy Shores have Peace, thy Cities Rest;
He feeds thy Sons with finest Wheat,
And adds his Blessing to their Meat.

3 Thy changing Seasons he ordains,
Thine early and thy latter Rains;
His Flakes of Snow like Wool he sends,
And thus the springing Corn defends.

4 With hoary Frost he strews the Ground;
His Hail descends with clatt'ring Sound:
Where is the Man so vainly bold
That dares defy his dreadful Cold?

5 He bids the Southern Breezes blow;
The Ice dissolve, the Waters flow;
But he hath nobler Works and Ways
To call the Britons to his Praise.

6 To all the Isle his Laws are shown,
His Gospel through the Nation known;
He hath not thus reveal'd his Word
To ev'ry Land: Praise ye the Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: O Britain, praise thy mighty GOD
• Title: Summer and Winter: A Song for Great-Britain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1740
• Scripture:
  Psalm 147
• Topic: Attributes of God; Blessings: of a nation; Blessings: of the country; Britain's: happiness; Compassion of God; Creation and Providence; God: great and good; God: his Being, Attributes and Providence; God: His perfections; Grace: and providence; Harvest; Persecutions of God; Praise: for rain; Praise: for temporal blessings; Providence: and Grace promised; Providence: in Air, Earth and Sea; Rain from heaven; Weather; Winter and Summer; Works: of creation and providence

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