The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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PSALM 65. v. 5–13. Second Part. (L. M.) Divine Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea; or, the God of Nature and Grace.
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The God of our salvation hearsThe groans of Sion mix'd with tears;
Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Thro' all the way his terror shines.
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On him the race of man depends,Far as the earth's remotest ends,
Where the Creator's name is known
By nature's feeble light alone.
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Sailors that travel o'er the flood,Address their frighted souls to God;
When tempests rage and billows roar
At dreadful distance from the shore.
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He bids the noisy tempests cease;He calms the raging crowd to peace,
When a tumultuous nation raves
Wild as the winds, and loud as waves.
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Whole kingdoms shaken by the stormHe settles in a peaceful form;
Mountains establish'd by his hand
Firm on their old foundations stand.
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Behold his ensigns sweep the sky,New comets blaze and lightnings fly,
The heathen lands, with swift surprise,
From the bright horrors turn their eyes.
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At his command the morning raySmiles in the east, and leads the day;
He guides the sun's declining wheels
Over the tops of western hills.
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Seasons and times obey his voice;The evening and the morn rejoice
To see the earth made soft with showers,
Laden with fruit and drest in flowers.
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'Tis from his watery stores on high,He gives the thirsty ground supply;
He walks upon the clouds, and thence
Doth his enriching drops dispense.
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The desert grows a fruitful field,Abundant food the vallies yield;
The vallies shout with cheerful voice,
The neighb'ring hills repeat their joys.
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The pastures smile in green array,There lambs and larger cattle play;
The larger cattle and the lamb,
Each in his language speaks thy name.
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Thy works pronounce thy power divine;O'er every field thy glories shine,
Thro' every month thy gifts appear;
Great God! thy goodness crowns the year.
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