David's Psalm of praise.
8,6,8,6
1I'll thee extol, my God, O King; I'll bless thy name always. 2Thee will I bless each day, and will thy name for ever praise. |
3Great is the Lord, much to be prais'd; his greatness search exceeds. 4Race unto race shall praise thy works, and shew thy mighty deeds. |
5I of thy glorious majesty the honour will record; I'll speak of all thy mighty works, which wondrous are, O Lord. |
6Men of thine acts the might shall show, thine acts that dreadful are; And I, thy glory to advance, thy greatness will declare. |
7The mem'ry of thy goodness great they largely shall express; With songs of praise they shall extol thy perfect righteousness. |
8The Lord is very gracious, in him compassions flow; In mercy he is very great, and is to anger slow. |
9The Lord Jehovah unto all his goodness doth declare; And over all his other works his tender mercies are. |
10Thee all thy works shall praise, O Lord, and thee thy saints shall bless; 11They shall thy kingdom's glory show, thy pow'r by speech express: |
12To make the sons of men to know his acts done mightily, And of his kingdom th' excellent and glorious majesty. |
13Thy kingdom shall for ever stand, thy reign through ages all. 14God raiseth all that are bow'd down, upholdeth all that fall. |
15The eyes of all things wait on thee, the giver of all good; And thou, in time convenient, bestow'st on them their food: |
16Thine hand thou open'st lib'rally, and of thy bounty gives Enough to satisfy the need of ev'ry thing that lives. |
17The Lord is just in all his ways, holy in his works all. 18God's near to all that call on him, in truth that on him call. |
19He will accomplish the desire of those that do him fear: He also will deliver them, and he their cry will hear. |
20The Lord preserves all who him love, that nought can them annoy: But he all those that wicked are will utterly destroy. |
21My mouth the praises of the Lord to publish cease shall never: Let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and for ever. |