LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Nicholas Brady & Nahum Tate
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1696
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 9; Ps 9:1-11
| A New Version of the Psalms of David
| 1821
| 9
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 482
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 483
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MUSIC
Baptist Hymn Book
| 188
| D
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 418
| D
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 387
| D
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| 1. To celebrate thy praise, O Lord,
I will my heart prepare;
To all the list'ning world thy works,
thy wondrous works, declare.
2. The thought of them shall to my soul
exalted pleasure bring;
Whilst to thy Name, O thou most High,
triumphant praise I sing.
3. Thou mad'st my haughty foes to turn
their backs in shameful flight;
Struck with thy presence, down they fell,
they perished at thy sight.
4. Against insulting foes advanced,
thou didst my cause maintain;
My right asserting from thy throne,
where truth and justice reign.
5. The insolence of heathen pride
thou hast reduced to shame;
Their wicked offspring quite destroyed,
and blotted out their name.
6. Mistaken foes! your haughty threats
are to a period come;
Our city stands, which you designed
to make our common tomb.
7. The Lord for ever lives, who has
his righteous throne prepared,
Impartial justice to dispense;
to punish or reward.
8. God is a constant sure defense
against oppressing rage;
As troubles rise, his needful aids
in our behalf engage.
9. All those who have his goodness proved
will in his truth confide;
Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man
that on his help relied.
10. His suff’ring saints, when most distress’d,
He ne’er forgets to aid;
Their expectation shall be crown’d,
Thou for a time delay’d.
11. Sing praises, therefore, to the Lord,
from Zion, his abode;
Proclaim his deeds, till all the world
confess no other God.
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