Over

the heavens He spreads His cloud, And wa - ters veil the sky.

2 He sends His showers of blessing down 4 His hoary frost, His fleecy snow, To cheer the plains below;

Descend and clothe the ground;

He makes the grass the mountains crown, The liquid streams forbear to flow,
And corn in valleys grow.

3 His steady counsels change the face
Of the declining year;

He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintry days appear.

In icy fetters bound.

5 He sends His word, and melts the snow;
The fields no longer mourn;
He calls the warmer gales to blow,
And bids the spring return.

Let the whole race of crea-tures bow, And pay their praise to Thee.

A - MEN.

And worship Thee with trembling hope, Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,

And penitential tears.

And gaze and gaze on Thee.

Rev. Frederick W. Faber. 1848

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An-cient of days, Pa - vil - ioned in splen-dor, and gird - ed with praise. A - MEN.

2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.

His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;
Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air; it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills; it descends to the plain;
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

6 O measureless Might! Ineffable Love!
While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall lisp to Thy praise.

Psalm civ. Sir Robert Grant, 1833

Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him and re-joice. A - MEN.

And for His sheep He doth us take. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good,

1 King-doms and thrones to God be-long; Crown Him, ye na - tions, in your song;

His won-drous names and powers re-hearse; His hon-ors shall en-rich your verse. A-MEN.

3 Proclaim Him King, pronounce Him