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COME sound his Praise abroad,

PSALM XCV. Short Metre.
A Psalm before sermon.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
COME sound his Praise abroad,
And Hymns of Glory sing:
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.
St. Thomas 34b, Stanza 1
2
He form'd the Deeps unknown;
He gave the Seas their Bound;
The watry Worlds are all his own,
And all the solid Ground.
St. Thomas 34b, Stanza 2
3
Come, worship at his Throne,
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his Works and not our own;
He form'd us by his Word.
St. Thomas 34b, Stanza 3
4
To Day attend his Voice,
Nor dare provoke his Rod;
Come, like the People of his Choice,
And own your gracious God.

5
But if your Ears refuse
The Language of his Grace,
And Hearts grow hard like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving Race.

6
The Lord in Vengeance drest
Will lift his Hand and swear,
"You that despise my promis'd Rest,
"Shall have no portion there.



Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. London: Printed for J. Clark, R. Ford, and R. Cruttenden, 1719