Rejoice, Ye Righteous, in the Lord
Re-joice, ye right-eous, in the Lord,
This work be-longs to you:
Sing of His Name, His ways, His Word,
How ho-ly, just and true!
His mer-cy and His right-eous-ness
Let heaven and earth pro-claim;
His works of na-ture and of grace
Re-veal His won-drous Name.
His wis-dom and al-might-y Word
The heaven-ly ar-ches spread;
And by the Spi-rit of the Lord
Their shin-ing hosts were made.
He bid the li-quid wa-ters flow
To their ap-point-ed deep;
The flow-ing seas their lim-its know,
And their own sta-tion keep.
Ye ten-ants of the spa-cious earth,
With fear be-fore Him stand;
He spake, and na-ture took its birth,
And rests on His com-mand.
He scorns the an-gry na-tions' rage,
And breaks their vain de-signs;
His coun-sel stands through ev-ery age,
And in full glo-ry shines.
Blest is the na-tion where the Lord
Hath made His mer-cy known:
Where they re-vere His heaven-ly Word,
And claim it as their own.
His eye, with in-fin-ite sur-vey,
Does the whole world be-hold;
He formed us all of e-qual clay,
And knows our fee-ble mould.
Kings are not res-cued by the force
Of arm-ies from the grave;
Nor speed nor cour-age of an horse
Can the bold rid-er save.
Vain is the strength of beasts or men
To hope for safe-ty thence;
But ho-ly souls from God ob-tain
A strong and sure de-fense.
God is their fear, and God their trust;
When plagues or fam-ine spread,
His watch-ful eye se-cures the just
A-mong ten thou-sand dead.
Lord, let our hearts in Thee re-joice,
And bless us from Thy throne;
For we have made Thy Word our choice,
And trust Thy grace a-lone.