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Whate'er he pleas'd in earth or sea,
Or heav'n, or hell, his hand hath done.
2 At his command the vapours rise,
The lightnings flash, the thunders roar;
He pours the rain; he brings the wind,
And tempest from his airy store.
3 'Twas he, those dreadful tokens sent,
O Egypt, thro' thy stubborn land!
When all thy first born, beasts and men,
Fell dead by his avenging hand.
4 What mighty nations, mighty kings
He slew, and their whole country gave
To Israel, whom his hand redeem'd,
No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave,
5 His pow'r the same, the same his grace,
That saves us from the hosts of hell
And heav'n he gives us to possess,
Whence those apostate angels fell.

PSALM 135. Third Part.

Third Part. C. M.

Praise due to God alone.

1AWAKE, ye saints, to praise your King,

Your sweetest passions raise;

Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.

2 Great is the Lord; and works unknown
Are his divine employ ;

But still his saints are near his throne,
His treasure and his joy.

3 Heav'n, earth, and sea confess his hand;
He bids the vapours rise:

Lightning and storms at his command
Sweep thro' the sounding skies.

4 All pow'r, that gods or kings have claim'd, Is found with him alone;

But heathen gods 'should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known.

5 0 Zion trust the living God,.

Serve him with faith and fear;

He makes thy courts his blest abode,
And claims his honours there.

PSALM 136. First Part. P. M.

The wonders of Creation, Providence, and Redemption.
LIVE thanks to God most high,
The universal Lord;

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The sov'reign King of kings;

And be his grace ador'd.

"His pow'r and grace are still the same; "And let his name have endless praise." 2 How mighty is his hand!

What wonders hath he done! He form'd the earth and seas, And spread the heav'ns alone. "Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure; "And ever sure abides thy word." 3 His wisdom fram'd the sun, To crown the day with light; The moon and twinkling stars, To cheer the darksome night. "His pow'r and grace are still the same; "And let his name have endless praise." 4 He smote the first born sons, The flow'r of Egypt, dead; And thence his chosen tribes With joy and glory led.

"Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure; "And ever sure abides thy word."

5 His pow'r and lifted rod

Cleft the Red Sea in two;

And for his people made

A wondrous passage through.

"His pow'r and grace are still the same; "And let his name have endless praise." 6 But cruel Pharaoh there,

With all his host he drown'd,
And brought his Israel safe

Thro' a long desert ground.
"Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure;
"And ever sure abides thy word."
7 The kings of Canaan fell

Beneath his dreadful hand;
While his own servants took
Possession of their land.

"His pow'r and grace are still the same; "And let his name have endless praise." 8 He saw the nations lie

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All perishing in sin;

And pitied the sad state

The ruin'd world was in.

Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure; "And ever sure abides thy word.”

9 He sent his only Son

To save us from our woe,
From Satan, sin, and death,
And ev'ry hurtful foe.

"His pow'r and grace are still the same; "And let his name have endless praise."

10 Give thanks aloud to God,

To God the heav'nly king; And let the spacious earth His works and glories sing. "Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure; "And ever sure abides thy word."

PSALM 136.

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Second Part. L. M.

Praise ye the Lord.

LIVE to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all his ways: Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown. 2 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high: He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night. 3 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land : He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within.

4 He sent his Son with pow'r to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave: "Wonders of grace to God belong,

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Repeat his mercies in your song."

5 Thro' this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat : "His mercies ever shall endure,

"When this vain world shall be no more." PSALM 137. First Part. L, M. The sorrows of Israel in captivity. Y Babel's stream the captives sate, And wept for Zion's hapless fate : Useless, their harps on willows hung, While foes requir'd a sacred song. 2 With taunting voice, and scornful eye, Sing us a song of heav'n," they cry: "While foes deride our God, and King, "How can we tune our harps or sing ?" 3 "If Zion's woes our hearts forget, "Or cease to mourn for Israel's fate,

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"Let useful skill our hands forsake; "Our hearts with hopeless sorrow break." 4 "Thou, ruin'd Salem, to our eyes "Each day, in sad remembrance rise! "Should we e'er cease to feel thy wrongs, "Lost be our joys, and mute our tongues." 5 "Remember, Lord, proud Edom's sons, "Who cried, exulting at our groans, "While Salem trembled at her base, "Rase them: her deep foundations rase." 6 While thus they sung, the mourners view'd Their foes by Cyrus' arm subdu'd,

And saw his glory rise, who spread Their streets, and fields, with hosts of dead. 7 Pleas'd, they foresaw, the blest decree, That set their tribes from bondage free; Renew'd the temple, and restor❜d

The sacred worship of the Lord.

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PSALM 137. Second Part. L. M.
The church's complaint.

ORD in those dark and dismal days,
We mourn the hidings of thy face;
Proud enemies our path surround,
To level Zion with the ground.

2 Her sons, her worship, they deride,
And hiss thy word with tongues of pride;
And cry, t' insult our humble prayer,
"Where is your God, ye Christians, where?"
3 Errors, and sins, and follies grow;
Thy saints bow down in deepest woe:
Their love decays, their zeal is o'er;
And thousands walk with Christ no more.
4 To happier days our bosoms turn;
Those days but teach us how to mourn:

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