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SECTION I. God's Merciful Judgments 1 Thou, O Jehovah, art my God, Thee as mine own I claim; I'll therefore celebrate abroad And praise thy glorious name: For thou hast wonders manifold Perform'd in recent dress; Shap'd to thy counsels, which of old Are truth and faithfulness. 2 In heaps and rubbish laid thou hast Strong cities fenc'd afore; And strangers' palaces laid waste, To be rebuilt no more. 3 Thy stoutest foes shall therefore yield The glory thine to be; And nations fierce resign the field, And fear to cope with thee. 4 For thou in straits a strength to poor And needy ones hast been; From blowing storm a refuge sure, From scorching heat a screen. And that in times of greatest dread, When furious tempests fall, And blasts of tyrants fierce exceed The storm that beats the wall. 5 The ruffling noise of strangers rude, Thou shalt abate with ease, As in dry plots a shady cloud Does scorching heat surcease: On tyrants proud thoul't be aveng'd, That are so dreadful now; Their jovial trebles shall be chang'd And doleful basses low. SECTION II. His saving Benefits. 6 Lo! in this mount the Lord of hosts A banquet shall prepare, For all that tread on Zion's coasts, And people ev'ry-where. He'll with fat things and wines suffice, Fat things of marrow full, Wines well refin'd, from off the lees, To glad and cheer the dull. 7 And in this mount he'll raze the vail, The face o'er-cov'ring shade, Of darkness cast o'er people all, And o'er all nations spread. 8 He'll swallow up in victory, Grim death, the king of fears From faces all the Lord most high Will wipe away the tears; What base contempt, and vile reproach, Were on his people laid, From off the earth he'll quite dispatch For so the Lord hath said. SECTION III. His victorious Salvation. 9 That day shall songs be utter'd thus, "Behold this is our God; We stay'd for him, and now he'll us, With his salvation load: This is the Lord Redeemer kind, For whom we, long did wait; We will be glad, with joyful mind, In his salvation great." 10 For here shall rest our conqu'ring God, And Moab be o'erthrown; 11 The gates of hell shall down be trod, 12 The trump of triumph blown.

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