With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud
from Psalm 147
Isaac Watts
(1674-1748)
ST. MAGNUS (C.M.)
Jeremiah Clarke
(1670-1707)
With songs and hon-ors sound-ing loud
Ad-dress the Lord on high;
O-ver the heavens He spreads His cloud,
And wa-ters veil the sky.
He sends His showers of bles-sing down
To cheer the plains be-low;
He makes the grass the moun-tains' crown,
And corn in val-leys grow.
His stead-y coun-sels change the face
Of the de-clin-ing year;
He bids the sun cut short His race,
And win-try days ap-pear.
His hoar-y frost, His fleec-y snow,
De-scend and clothe the ground;
The li-quid streams for-bear to flow,
In i-cy fet-ters bound.
He sends His word and melts the snow,
The fields no lon-ger mourn;
He calls the warm-er gales to blow,
And bids the spring re-turn.
The chang-ing wind, the fly-ing cloud,
O-bey His might-y word;
With songs and hon-ors sound-ing loud
Praise ye the sov-ereign Lord.