David's Psalm of praise.

First Version (C.M.)

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.