With heart sincere, thy praise, O Lord, I'll sing

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With heart sincere, thy praise, O Lord, I'll sing; Thy wond'rous works extol, my God, my king:

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By thee supported, I'll in thee rejoice; Thy name, thy praise, thy pow'r, shall fill my voice.

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Elate in vain, my vanquish'd foes are fled, They perish; lo! thy presence strikes them dead:

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For thou my righteous cause hast made thy own, And spoke thy judgments from thy awful throne:

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Thou badst the heathen give their madness o'er; By thee their names eras'd, shall live no more.

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Imperious foe; thy menaces are void, Like the sack'd cities, by thy rage destroy'd.

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But thou, O mighty Lord, shalt ever reign, Thy just tribunal ever shalt maintain;

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By righteous acts thy faithful people sway, And shield the pious souls who thee obey.

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A certain refuge to the sore-opprest, Thou, when thy wisdom wills, shalt give them rest.

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Thee her support the anguish'd soul shall make, Assur'd, thy servants thou wilt ne'er forsake.

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Ye sons of Sion, his high name extol; Shout forth his praises to the nations all;

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Not unreveng'd he lets the guiltless die, And, when the humble plains, he hears his cry.

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O gracious God, whom my defence I found, When impious foes breath'd forth destruction round, Preserve me still, that I in grateful lays, 'Midst Salem's joyous throngs, may hymn thy praise.

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Fall'n in the pit, for others they prepare, Entangled in their toils, the heathen are:

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O wond'rous justice of a righteous God! From their own wily acts their ruin flow'd.

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Thus their own schemes their own destruction prove; Thus perish they, who not their Maker love,

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But all, who humbly on their God rely, Want not his aid, when in distress they cry.

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Yes, Lord, arise--let not vain man prevail; Convince them, that thy truth will never fail;

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Make them thy sov'reign pow'r, thy justice own; That they're but men, that thou art God alone.