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Psalm 104 - 2nd Version
Psalm 104
HANOVER | Same-Tune Hymns | Bible Passage
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Scottish Psalter |
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William Croft, 1678-1727 |
1 MY soul, praise the Lord;
Thou, Lord, mine own God,
Art glorious, enrobed
In beauty and might;
2 The heavens, like a curtain,
Thou spreadest abroad;
As raiment, around thee
Enfoldest the light.
3 For chamber-beams sure,
Dark waters he binds;
Of clouds dim and deep
His chariot doth frame,
On stormy blasts riding,
On wings of all winds;
4 His angels are spirits,
His servants a flame.
5 Foundations secure
He laid for the globe,
That stable and firm
It ever should last;
6 The waste ocean gathering
O'er all as a robe:
O'er all the high mountains
The surging waves passed.
7 At thy dread rebuke
They flee and they fail;
Thy thunder is heard,
They speed here and there;
8 They burst the ridge over,
They rush down the vale;
Where thou hast appointed,
They haste to repair.
9 Thine own word hath set
Their border and bound;
They roar and they toss,
But cannot pass o'er:
The word of Jehovah
A sure fence is found;
The flood o'er the mountains
Returneth no more.
10 He unto the vales
The springs doth convey;
And onward they wind
Their course through the hills;
11 Whereat the wild asses
Their thirst oft allay,
And beasts of the forest
Thereof drink their fills.
12 By these pleasant springs,
The fowls of the air
Inhabit the trees,
The margin along;
And, as in their gladness
They move here and there
Among the green branches,
Praise God with their song.
13 His rain on the hills
He pours from on high;
With fruit of thy works
The earth is replete;
14 His grass to the cattle
He doth not deny,
And gives for man's service
The green herb as meat.
15 From earth, store of food
He brings for man's sake;
Rich oil, gladsome wine,
Heart-strengthening bread.
16 His trees full of moisture
The great God did make;
His cedars he planted
On Lebanon's head.
17 Secure in those shades
The bird builds her nest;
The firs to the stork
A house have supplied;
18 The hills are a refuge
For wild goats to rest;
The crags of the rough rocks
For conies to hide.
19 The moon he hath set
For seasons to run;
The times he ordained
Her change ever shows;
And so, his course circling,
The glorious sun
His hour of descending
As constantly knows.
20 When darkness doth come
By thy will and power,
Then prowl forth abroad
The beasts of the wood.
21 The lions range roaring
Their prey to devour;
And yet it is thou, Lord,
Who givest them food.
22 As riseth the sun,
They all get them in;
Withdrawn from his light,
To couch in their den;
23 But man forth proceedeth
His toil to begin;
Till night come to call him
To take rest again.
24 How manifold, Lord,
The works of thy hand!
Surpassing our thoughts
Their numbers axe found!
Thy outspread creation
In wisdom is planned,
And full of thy riches
The wide world around.
25 So in the great sea
Thy works are displayed,
Where creeping things move,
Unnumbered in sort;
26 And there the ships wander,
And there thou hast made
Leviathan, hugest
Of monsters, to sport.
27 All these wait on thee
Their food to receive;
That thou, in due time,
Their portion may'st give:
28 And, when it doth please thee
Their wants to relieve,
Full gladly they gather
Thy bounty and live.
Thou openest thine hand;
How full their supply!
29 Thou hidest thy face;
Confounded they mourn:
When thou from them takest
Their spirit, they die,
And to their dust, changing,
Again they return.
30 Thou send'st forth thy breath,
And they are new made;
And earth, as at first,
Looks vernal and bright.
31 In glory for ever
The Lord is arrayed;
And in his creation
Our God will delight.
32 He looks on the earth,
It reels to and fro;
He touches the hills,
With smoke they are crowned.
33 Through life to Jehovah
Mine anthems shall flow;
While yet I have being
His praise I will sound.
34 With dear thoughts of him
My heart shall run o'er;
With God all my joy
In treasure is stored.
35 The sinners are wasted:
Earth sees them no more;
The rebels---where are they?
My soul, praise the Lord.
OTHER HYMNS with the SAME TUNE:
• Begone, Unbelief John Newton, 1725-1807
• Though Troubles Assail John Newton, 1725-1807
• Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
BIBLE PASSAGE:
1 ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 ¶ He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 ¶ He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 ¶ The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
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