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 134. (C. M.) Daily and nightly Devotion.
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Ye that obey the Immortal King,Attend his holy place,
Bow to the glories of his power,
And bless his wondrous grace.
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Lift up your hands by morning light,And send your souls on high;
Raise your admiring thoughts by night
Above the starry sky.
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The God of Zion cheers our heartsWith rays of quickening grace;
The God that spread the heavens abroad,
And rules the swelling seas.
This psalm, with several others near it, is called a Song of Degrees; that is, to be sung on the steps ascending to the tabernacle or temple, as the learned suppose: The king and his attendants sung the two first verses, addressing themselves to the levites that kept the house of the Lord; and the third verse is the response of the levites to the king. There was a necessity of changing the form of this psalm, to suit it to our usual christian worship.
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