GIVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, Give to the Lord renown and power, Ascribe due honours to His name, And His eternal might adore.
O the immense, the amazing height, The boundless grandeur of our God; Who treads the world beneath His feet, And sways the nations with His rod.
The Lord proclaims His strength aloud, Upon the oceans and the land, Speaking above the threatening cloud, And lightnings blaze at His command.
Where’er He turns His powerful voice, There shall the strongest cedars break, Mountains shall tremble at the noise, And valleys roar, and deserts quake.
Sovereign above the mighty flood, The Saviour reigns forever King; But makes His church His blest abode, Where we His glorious praises sing.
In gentler language, here, the Lord The counsels of His love imparts; Amid the raging storm, His Word Speaks peace and blessing to our hearts.
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748‡