Power poems
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Psalm 24
© Isaac Watts
The earth for ever is the Lord's,
With Adam's num'rous race;
He raised its arches o'er the floods,
And built it on the seas.
Psalm 22
© Isaac Watts
Now let our mournful songs record
The dying sorrows of our Lord,
When he complained in tears and blood,
As one forsaken of his God.
Psalm 21
© Isaac Watts
The king, O Lord, with songs of praise,
Shall in thy strength rejoice;
And, blest with thy salvation, raise
To heav'n his cheerful voice.
Psalm 20
© Isaac Watts
Now may the God of power and grace
Attend his people's humble cry!
Jehovah hears when Isr'el prays,
And brings deliverance from on high.
Psalm 2
© Isaac Watts
[Maker and sovereign Lord
Of heav'n, and earth, and seas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.
Psalm 19 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Behold, the lofty sky
Declares its Maker God,
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.
Psalm 19
© Isaac Watts
THE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord,
In every star thy wisdom shines
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
Psalm 148
© Isaac Watts
Proper Metre.
Praise to God from all creatures.Ye tribes of Adam, join
With heav'n, and earth, and seas,
And offer notes divine
Psalm 146
© Isaac Watts
Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join
In work so pleasant, so divine;
Now, while the flesh is mine abode,
And when my soul ascends to God.
Psalm 143
© Isaac Watts
My righteous Judge, my gracious God,
Hear when I spread my hands abroad,
And cry for succor from thy throne;
O make thy truth and mercy known!
Psalm 14 part 2
© Isaac Watts
Are sinners now so senseless grown
That they the saints devour?
And never worship at thy throne,
Nor fear thine awful power?
Psalm 139 part 2
© Isaac Watts
'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came,
A work of such a curious frame
In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
Psalm 139 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through,
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
Psalm 136 Abridged
© Isaac Watts
Give to our God immortal praise;
Mercy and truth are all his ways:
Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat his mercies in your song.
Psalm 136
© Isaac Watts
Give thanks to God the sovereign Lord;
His mercies still endure;
And be the King of kings adored;
His truth is ever sure.
