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 105. Abridged. (C. M.) God's Conduct of Israel, and Plagues of Egypt.
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Give thanks to God, invoke his name,And tell the world his grace;
Sound thro' the earth his deeds of fame,
That all may seek his face.
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His covenant, which he kept in mindFor numerous ages past,
To numerous ages yet behind
In equal force shall last.
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He sware to Abraham and his seed,And made the blessing sure:
Gentiles the ancient promise read,
And find his truth endure.
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‘Thy seed shall make all nations blest,’(Said the Almighty voice)
‘And Canaan's land shall be their rest,
‘The type of heavenly joys.’
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How large the grant! how rich the grace!To give them Canaan's land,
When they were strangers in the place,
A little feeble band!
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Like pilgrims thro' the countries roundSecurely they remov'd;
And haughty kings, that on them frown'd,
Severely he reprov'd.
VII
‘Touch mine anointed, and my arm‘Shall soon revenge the wrong;
‘The man that does my prophets harm
‘Shall know their God is strong.’
VIII
Then let the world forbear its rage,Nor put the church in fear;
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be th'Almighty's care.
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When Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints,And thus provok'd their God,
Moses was sent at their complaints,
Arm'd with his dreadful rod.
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He call'd for darkness; darkness cameLike an o'erwhelming flood;
He turn'd each lake and every stream
To lakes and streams of blood.
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He gave the sign, and noisome fliesThro' the whole country spread;
And frogs, in croaking armies, rise
About the monarch's bed.
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Thro' fields, and towns, and palaces,The ten-fold vengeance flew;
Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees,
And hail their cattle slew.
XIII
Then by an angel's midnight stroke,The flower of Egypt dy'd;
The strength of every house was broke,
Their glory and their pride.
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Now let the world forbear its rage,Nor put the church in fear;
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be th'Almighty's care.
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Thus were the tribes from bondage brought,And left the hated ground;
Each some Egyptian spoils had got,
And not one feeble found.
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The Lord himself chose out their way,And mark'd their journies right,
Gave them a leading cloud by day,
A fiery guide by night.
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They thirst; and waters from the rockIn rich abundance flow,
And following still the course they took,
Ran all the desert thro'.
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O wondrous stream! O blessed typeOf ever-flowing grace!
So Christ our rock maintains our life
Thro' all this wilderness.
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Thus guarded by th'Almighty handThe chosen tribes possest
Canaan the rich, the promis'd land,
And there enjoy'd their rest.
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Then let the world forbear its rage,The church renounce her fear;
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be the Almighty's care.
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