Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck of The Seaman's Song

Verse 1

Would you behold the works of God, His wonders in the world abroad, Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the seas.

Verse 2

They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favor of the wind; Till God command, and tempests rise That heave the ocean to the skies.

Verse 3

Now to the heav'ns they mount amain, Now sink to dreadful deeps again; What strange affrights young sailors feel, And like a stagg'ring drunkard reel!

Verse 4

When land is far, and death is nigh, Lost to all hope, to God they cry; His mercy hears the loud address, And sends salvation in distress.

Verse 5

He bids the winds their wrath assuage, The furious waves forget their rage; 'Tis calm, and sailors smile to see The haven where they wished to be.

Verse 6

O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! Let them their private off'rings bring, And in the church his glory sing.