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WITH Songs and Honours sounding loud

PSALM CXLVII. 7-9, 13-18.
The Seasons of the Year.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
WITH Songs and Honours sounding loud
Address the Lord on high:
Over the Heavens he spreads his Cloud,
And Waters veil the Sky.

2
He sends his Show'rs of Blessing down
To chear the Plains below;
He makes the Grass the Mountains crown,
And Corn in Valleys grow.

3
He gives the grazing Ox his Meat,
He hears the Ravens cry;
But Man, who tastes his finest Wheat
Should raise his Honours high.

4
His steady Counsels change the Face
Of the declining Year;
He bids the Sun cut short his Race,
And wintry Days appear.

5
His hoary Frost, his fleecy Snow
Descend and clothe the Ground:
The liquid Streams forbear to flow,
In icy Fetters bound.
Winter 38t, Stanza 1
6
When from his dreadful Stores on high
He pours the rattling Hail,
The Wretch that dares this God defy
Shall find his Courage fail.

7
He sends his Word and melts the Snow,
The Fields no longer mourn;
He calls the warmer Gales to blow,
And bids the Spring return.
Winter 38t, Stanza 2
8
The changing Wind, the flying Cloud
Obey his mighty Word:
With Songs and Honours sounding loud
Praise ye the sovereign Lord.

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