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God, if you bless not, all the cost

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 62 hymnals Lyrics: God, if you bless not, all the cost and pains to build the house are lost; cities must all be in your keep, or watchful guards as well may sleep. It’s all in vain, till you have blessed; you make us rich, yet give us rest. Children and friends are blessings too, when you, our Sovereign, make them so. Happy the ones to whom God sends obedient children, faithful friends! How sweet our daily comforts prove, when you have blessed them with your love. Scripture: Psalm 127 Used With Tune: ORREN TWO Text Sources: Psalm 127, alt

Sing to the Lord with joyful voice

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: Sing to the Lord with joyful voice! Sing as the children of his care. Let every land blend cheerful noise with glorious singing everywhere! We’ll near his gates with thankful songs, high as the heavens the sound be raised until the earth’s ten thousand tongues fill heavenly courts with all our praise. Come, to attend before his throne, sacred our joy, and great our awe. Know that the Lord is God alone; his holy word is perfect law. Wide as the world is his command; vast as eternity his love. Firm as a rock God’s truth shall stand, when rolling years shall cease to move. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: JERUSALEM Text Sources: Psalm 100, 2nd Part, alt.

Come praise the Lord! Come praise our King!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 83 hymnals Lyrics: Come praise the Lord! Come praise our King! Let sweetest songs be raised! Our pious pleasure, while we sing, increases with our praise. Great is the Lord; and works unknown are God's divine employ. His faithful saints are near his throne, as treasures, and as joy. We saints adore the living God, we serve with faith and prayer; God makes the churches his abode, and claims our honors there. Scripture: Psalm 135 Used With Tune: RAVALLI Text Sources: Psalm 135, alt.

With all my powers of hear and tongue

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 201 hymnals Lyrics: With all my powers of heart and tongue, I'll praise my Maker in my song; angels shall hear the notes I raise, approve the song, and join the praise. The angels make your church their care; they’ll witness my devotion there. I'll sing your truth and mercy, Lord; I'll sing the wonders of your word. I cried to you when troubles rose; you heard me, and subdued my foes; my fears dispersed through your control, and strength diffused through all my soul. Grace will complete what grace begins, to save from sorrows and from sins; Work that your wisdom undertakes eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. Scripture: Psalm 138 Used With Tune: MEADOW LANE Text Sources: Psalm 138, alt.

My thought are open to you, Lord

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: My thoughts are open to you, Lord, before they're formed within; before my lips pronounce a word, you know the sense I mean. If winged with beams of morning light, I fly beyond the west, your hand, which must support my flight, would know my place of rest. If o’er my sins I thought to draw the curtains of the night, your love and truth, which guard your law, would turn the shades to light. O wondrous knowledge, high and deep! No subtle sin can hide; I am secure awake, asleep, your arms on every side. God, let your grace surround me still, a bulwark from above; it guards my soul from every ill! I'm safe in sovereign love. Scripture: Psalm 139 Used With Tune: BIRSTAL Text Sources: Psalm 139, 1st Part, alt.

To God, the great, the ever blest

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 87 hymnals Lyrics: To God the great, the ever blessed, let songs of honor be addressed; all mercy, God, comes from your hands! I give the thanks your love demands. Who knows the wonders of your ways? Lord, I would sing your boundless praise! How blest are all who love you still, remaining faithful to your will. O, may I see your saints rejoice, and aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord above, to still be faithful to your love. Scripture: Psalm 106 Used With Tune: SHANDON Text Sources: Psalm 106, alt.

To you, before the dawning light

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 77 hymnals Lyrics: To you, before the dawning light, my gracious God, I pray; I meditate your name by night, and keep your law by day. When midnight darkness veils the skies, I call your works to mind; my thoughts in hushed devotion rise, and sweet acceptance find. Throughout my day I'll lift my hands, and give you thanks in prayer; your righteous providence demands my praise for all your care. My spirit joys to see your grace; your promise bears me up; and if salvation long delays, your word supports my hope. Scripture: Psalm 119:55 Used With Tune: POLLY Text Sources: Psalm 119, 2nd Part, alt.

We bless you, Lord, the just, the good

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 68 hymnals Lyrics: We bless you, Lord, the just, the good; you fill our hearts with heavenly food; you pour your blessings from the skies, and give to each your rich supplies. You send the sun its circuit round, to cheer the fruits, to warm the ground; you bid the clouds, with plenteous rain, refresh the thirsty earth again. You break the captive’s heavy chain, and prisoners see your light again. In you the poor and helpless find a judge that’s just, a Father kind. We'll praise your name! Your saints of grace sing songs of joy before your face. You are our God, by you we're blessed, you our defense, our joy, our rest. Scripture: Psalm 68 Used With Tune: LESLIE Text Sources: Psalm 68, 3rd Part, alt.

Let all delight to serve you, Lord

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 45 hymnals Lyrics: Let all delight to serve you, Lord, The honours of your name record, and ever bless your sacred name. Where e'er the circling sun displays its rising beams or setting rays, the lands and seas will do the same. Nor time nor nature's narrow rounds can give your vast dominion bounds; the heavens are far below your heights; our own created works won’t dare to think with yours they can compare; your power shows all-creating might! You bow your glorious head to view what all the hosts of angels do, and bend your care to earthly things; your sovereign hand exalts the poor, receives the humble at your door and makes them company for kings. Scripture: Psalm 113 Used With Tune: CHARLOTTE HALL Text Sources: Psalm 113,alt.

My God, consider my distress

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 45 hymnals Lyrics: My God, consider my distress, let mercy plead my cause; I would not sin against your grace, I’d not forget your laws. Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach which I so justly fear; uphold my life, uphold my hopes, nor let my shame appear. Be now a surety, God, for me, nor let some sin oppress; God, help your waiting servant see the shining of your face! Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, and show your grace the same as you forever will afford the ones who love your name. Scripture: Psalm 119:39 Used With Tune: JAYELLE Text Sources: Psalm 119,12th Part, alt.