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O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 67 hymnals Lyrics: O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great is your exalted name! Let glories of your heavenly state be evermore proclaimed! When I behold your works on high, the moon, which rules the night, the stars that well adorn the sky, those moving worlds of light; Refrain: O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great is your exalted name! Let glories of your heavenly state be evermore proclaimed! Lord, what am I, or all my race, dwelling so far below, that you should visit me with grace, and love my nature so! That your eternal Son should care to choose an earthly role, be lower than the angels are, to save my struggling soul! [Refrain] Let Christ be crowned with majesty, Conquerer of sin and death, and be his honors sounded high By all things that have breath! Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great is your exalted name! Let glories of your heavenly state be evermore proclaimed! [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: GIFT OF GRACE Text Sources: Psalm 8, alt

That one is ever blest

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 117 hymnals Lyrics: That one is ever blest who shuns the sinners’ ways, among their councils never stands, nor takes a scorner's place: but makes the law of God a study and delight amid the labors of the day and watches of the night; who, like a tree, shall thrive, with waters near its root. Fresh as new leaves, that name shall live in works of heavenly fruit. Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3 Used With Tune: HEAVENLY FRUIT Text Sources: Psalm 1, alt.

My God, my King, your various praise

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 256 hymnals Lyrics: My God, my King, your various praise shall fill the hours of all my days; let grace employ my humble tongue, let truth and glory shape the song. The wings of every hour shall bear some thankful tribute to your ear; and every setting sun shall see new works of duty done by me. Your truth and justice I'll proclaim; your bounty flows, an endless stream; your mercy swift, your anger slow, confounding every stubborn foe. God, who can tell your wondrous deeds! Your greatness all our thought exceeds; vast and unsearchable your ways; vast and immortal be your praise! Scripture: Psalm 145 Used With Tune: HARKEN Text Sources: Psalm 145, alt.

When pain and anguish seize me, Lord

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Lyrics: When pain and anguish seize me, Lord, all my support is from your word: my soul despairs in heaviness; uphold me with your strengthening grace! The wicked hate me with no cause, they hate to see me love your laws; but I will trust and love your name till pride and malice die in shame. Your precepts make me truly wise; I’ll spurn vain thoughts that may arise; I will not take a sinner’s road; I yield me to your law, O God. Scripture: Psalm 119:28 Used With Tune: DISTRESS Text Sources: Psalm 119, 17th Part, 4th Part, alt.

The songs of all our praise belong

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 126 hymnals Lyrics: The songs of all our praise belong to you, Almighty God; I give my heart, I give my tongue, to spread your name abroad. How great the works your hands have wrought! How glorious in our sight! The wise in every age have sought your wonders with delight. How most exact is nature's frame! how wise th' Eternal Mind! Your counsels need not change the scheme that your first thoughts designed. All nature, time, and earth, and skies, proclaim your heavenly skill; we need your truth to make us wise, obedient, to your will. God, You redeem your chosen ones; your covenant is strong. The orders that your lips pronounce will keep us free from wrong. Your Son, the great Redeemer, came with ways both just and pure; and holy, reverent is his name; he makes our path secure. Scripture: Psalm 111 Used With Tune: DURROW Text Sources: Psalm 111, 1st & 2nd Parts, alt.

Let all the earth, all time and space

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 72 hymnals Lyrics: Let all the earth, all time and space, all people, everywhere, come make the Lord your dwelling place, come, try and trust God's care. God, I’ll sing praises to your name, and in your strength rejoice; when your salvation is my theme, exalted be my voice! You give the angels charge to keep my feet in all your ways; they watch my pillow while I sleep, and guard my waking days. Their hands shall bear me, lest I fall and dash against the stones; are they not servants at your call, to guard your faithful ones? "Because you set your love on me, I'll save you," (says the Lord); "I'll keep your soul most willingly, with my all-powerful word. For those to whom my name is known, I'll honour them in heaven; there my salvation shall be shown, and endless life be given." Scripture: Psalm 89 Used With Tune: MY SONG Text Sources: Psalm 91 & Psalm 89, alt.

Give thanks to God, invoke his name

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 65 hymnals Lyrics: Give thanks to God, invoke his name, and tell the world his grace; sound through the earth his deeds of fame, that all may seek his face. Let God alone choose out our way and mark our journeys right, and give a leading cloud by day, a fiery guide by night. God blessed the race of Abraham, and made the blessing sure. The endless mercies of the Lamb shall prove that grace endures. Then let the world give up its rage, nor put a church in fear; let lives be lived through every age in the Almighty's care. Scripture: Psalm 105 Used With Tune: PLEASANTBURG Text Sources: Psalm 105, alt.

The Lord proclaims his power aloud

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord proclaims his power aloud, O’er all the oceans and the land; his voice divides the watery cloud, and lightnings blaze at his command. 2 The Lord sits sovereign o’er the flood; the Thunderer reigns forever King, and makes his church his blest abode, where we his awesome glories sing. 3 With gentler language there, the Lord assures us grace that he imparts; amid the raging storm, his word speaks peace and courage to our hearts. Scripture: Psalm 29 Used With Tune: MARCUS Text Sources: Psalm 29, alt.

You are my portion, O my God

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 170 hymnals Lyrics: You are my portion, O my God! Soon as I know your way, my heart makes haste t'obey your word, and I will not delay. The testimonies of your grace I set before my eyes; I there derive my daily strength, and there my comfort lies. If I have wandered from your path, I'll think upon my ways; then turn my feet to your commands, and trust your pardoning grace. I choose the path of heavenly truth, and glory in my choice; not all the riches of the earth can make me so rejoice. Scripture: Psalm 119:14 Used With Tune: WILLIAM STREET Text Sources: Psalm 119, 3rd Part, alt.

Who shall ascend unto your place

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 121 hymnals Lyrics: Who shall ascend unto your place, Great God, and dwell before your face? Ones who will mind your heavenly way, and humbly walk with you each day. Their hands are pure, their hearts are clean, their lips shall speak the things they mean; no slanders dwell upon the tongue; they will not do a neighbor wrong. They love their enemies, they pray for those that curse them to their face; do unto others still the same as they would hope or wish from them. Firm to their vows they ever stood, and always make a promise good. Yet when their holiest works are done, they still depend on grace alone. Scripture: Psalm 15 Used With Tune: PURE HEARTS Text Sources: Psalm 15, alt.