My soul, Jehovah bless; my God

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My soul, Jehovah bless; my God, Thy greatness knows no bounds; Unrivaled honors compass thee, Thee majesty surrounds.

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Who hast arrayed thyself, with light As with a splendid robe; The beauteous heavens, thy royal tent, Hast stretched beyond the globes.

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His palace beams in fluid air, Who lays, and firmly binds; The clouds his chariot formed; and walks On wings of rapids winds Spirits his angels, flames of fire His ministers, he makes.

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The earth he founded on it's base, Which from it's place ne'er shakes.

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Thou, as a garment, o'er the earth, Didst spread the mighty flood; Above the mountain's loftiest heads, The rowling waters stood.

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At thy rebuke, thy thunder's voice, They hasted, and they fled;

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The mountains rose, the valleys sunk; To their appointed bed.

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Thou there, to bounds unpassable, Confin'st the watery main; That it should never more return. To cover earth again.

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He sendeth springs into the vales; Which from the mountains burst.

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There every field beast drinks his fill, Wild asses quench their thirst.

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The birds dwell there; among the springs, They tune their cheerful voice.

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The hills he watereth from his clouds; Thy fruits the earth rejoice.

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He makes the grass to grow for beasts, And herbs for humane use; That he, abundant food for all, May from the earth produce.

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Thence springs the generous wine, rich juice, The heart of man, that cheers; The oil, which makes his face to shine, And bread, which strength repairs.

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God's trees abound with sap; he set Thy cedars, Lebanon, there:

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Where birds do build their nests; her house The stork makes in the fir.

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The wild goats climb the craggy hills, And these their refuge make: While rabbits, with the feebler kind, The rocks for shelter take.

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He made the moon for stated times, The sun knows his fixed route.

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He darkness makes, and it is night; Then forest beasts crawl out.

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Young lions roar, and hunt their prey; From God they seek their meat.

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The sun ariseth, they unite. And close in dens retreat.

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Man to his work, and culture, goes, Till the evening gives him rest.

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How various Lord! how wise thy work! The earth's with thy riches blest.

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The wea too, whose wide arms contain Numberless creeping things; With animals both small and great, That swim by unknown springs.

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There pass the gallant ships, which cut, Through trackless paths, their way; There huge leviathan, thou mad'st; Diverts himself with play.

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All wait on thee, thou in due time, Dost give to each their food:

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They gather from thine opened hand And all are filled with good.

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If thy enlivening face thou hid'st, In deep eistress they mourn; Thou takst away their breath, they die, And to their earth return.

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Thy quickening Spirit thou send'st forth And a new life takes place; The earth renewed, with vigor blooms, And beauty in her face.

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Jehovah's glory shall endure, Forevermore most bright. When God reviews his various works, He's pleased with the wight.

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If he, upon this solid earth, But cast an angry look, It trembles; if he touch the mounts, They vanish into smoke.

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Unto Jehovah I will sing. As long as I shall live; While I my breath, and being, have, Praise to my God I'll give.

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This shall be grateful to the Lord, To hear my thankful voice; While in Jehovah, and his works, I greatly will rejoice.

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Let sinners fall from off the earth, And the impious cease to be: My soul, bless thou the Lord, let all To praise the Lord agree.