Exalt his name.
8 Ye kings and judges, fear
The Lord, the sovereign King;
And while you rule us here,
His heavenly honors sing:
Nor let the dream
Of power and state
Make you forget
His power supreme.
9 Virgins and youth, engage
To sound his praise divine;
While infancy and age
Their feebler voices join:
Wide as he reigns,
His name be súng,
By every tongue,
In endless strains.
10 Let all the nations fear
The God that rules above;
He brings his people near,
And makes them taste his love:
While earth and sky
Attempt his praise,
His saints shall raise
His honors high.
1LOUD hallelujahs to the Lord,
From distant worlds where creatures, dwell;
Let heaven begin the solemn word,
And sound it dreadful down to hell.
Note. This Psalm may be sung with the addition of the two following lines to each stanza, viz.
Each of his works his name displays, But they can ne'er fulfill his praise. 2 The Lord-how absolute he reigns! Let every angel bend the knee: Sing of his love in heavenly strains, And speak how fierce his terrors be. 3 High on a throne his glories dwell,An awful throne of shining bliss; Fly through the world, O sun, and tell How dark thy beams compared to his. 4 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame
In sounds of dreadful praise declare;
And the sweet whisper of his name
Fill every gentler breeze of air.
5 Let clouds and winds and waves agree
To join their praise with blazing fire;
Let the firm earth and rolling sea
In this eternal song conspire.
6 Ye flowery plains, proclaim his skill;
Vallies, lie low before his eye;
And let his praise, from every hill,
Rise tuneful to the neighboring sky.
7 Ye stubborn oaks and stately pines,
Bend your high branches, and adore;
Praise him, ye beasts, in different strains;
The lamb must bleat, the lion roar.
8 Birds, ye must make his praise your theme;
Nature demands a song from you;
While the dumb fish, that cut the stream,
Leap up, and mean his praises too.
9 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue,
When nature all around you sings;
Oh for a shout from old and young,
From humble swains, and lofty kings.
10 Wide as his vast dominion lies,
Make the Creator's name be known:
Loud as his thunder, shout the praise,
And sound it lofty as his throne.
11 JEHOVAH-'tis a glorious word :
Oh may it dwell on every tongue;
But saints, who best have known the Lord,
Are bound to raise the noblest song.
12 Speak of the wonders of that love,
Which Gabriel plays on every chord;
From all below and all above,
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord.
Universal Praise.
ET every creature join
1 God;
Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin,
And sound his name abroad.
2 Thou sun with golden beams,
And moon with paler rays,
Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames,
Shine to your Maker's praise.
3 He built those worlds above,
And fixed their wondrous frame;
By his command they stand or move,
And ever speak his name.
Ye vapors, when ye rise,
Or fall in showers or snow;
Ye thunders, murmuring round the skies,
His power and glory show.
Wind, hail, and flashing fire,
Agree to praise the Lord,
When ye in dreadful storms conspire
To execute his word.
6 By all his works above
His honors be expressed;
But saints, who taste his saving love,
Should sing his praises best.
Let earth and ocean know
They owe their Maker praise:
Praise him, ye watery worlds below,
And monsters of the seas.
From mountains near the sky,
Let his high praise resound;
From humble shrubs and cedars high
And vales and fields around.
9 Ye lions of the wood,
And tamer beasts that graze,
Ye live upon his daily food,
And he expects your praise.
10 Ye birds of lofty wing,
On high his praises bear;
Or sit on flowery boughs, and sing
Your Maker's glory there.
11 Ye creeping ants and worms,
His various wisdom show;
And flies, in all your shining swarms,
Praise him who dressed you so.
12 By all the earth-born race,
His honors be expressed
But saints, that know his heavenly grace,
Should learn to praise him best.
PAUSE THE SECOND.
Monarchs of wide command,
Praise ye th' eternal King:
Judges, adore that sovereign hand,
Whence all your honors spring.
14 Let vigorous youth engage
To sound his praises high;
While growing babes and withering age
Their feebler voices try.
United zeal be shown
His wondrous fame to raise :
God is the Lord: his name alone
Deserves our endless praise.
Let nature join with art,
And all pronounce him bless'd:
But saints, who dwell so near his heart,
Should sing his praises best.
1 BEGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay,
Let each enraptured thought obey,
And praise th' Almighty's name:
Lo, heaven and earth, and seas and skies,
In one melodious concert rise,
To swell th' inspiring theme.
2 Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound,
While all th' adoring thrones around,
His boundless mercy sing:
Let every listening saint above
Wake all the tuneful soul of love,
And touch the sweetest string.
3 Let every element rejoice;
Ye thunders, burst with awful voice,
To him who bids you roll:
His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.
4 Whate'er a blooming world contains,
That wings the air, that skims the plains,
United praise bestow :
Ye myriads, sound his awful name
To heaven aloud; and roar acclaim,
Ye swelling deeps below.
5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed,
The feeling heart, the judging head
In heavenly praise employ;
Spread his tremendous name around,
Till heaven's broad arch rings back the sound,
The general burst of joy.
The Saints judging the World.
ALI
LL ye that love the Lord, rejoice,
And let your songs be new;
Amidst the church, with cheerful voice,
His later wonders show.
2 The Jews, the people of his grace,
Shall their Redeemer sing;
And Gentile nations join the praise,
While Zion owns her King.
3 The Lord takes pleasure in the just,
Whom sinners treat with scorn;
The meek, that lie despised in dust,
Salvation shall adorn.
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