I. Watts

L.M.

Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame,

Give to the Lord renown and power;

Ascribe due honors to His name,

And His eternal might adore.

2

The Lord proclaims His power aloud,

Over the ocean and the land;

His voice divides the watery cloud,

And lightnings blaze at His command.

3

He speaks—and tempest, hail, and wind,

Lay the wide forest bare around;

The fearful hart and frighted hind

Leap at the terror of the sound.

4

To Lebanon He turns His voice,

And lo! The stately cedars break;

The mountains tremble at the noise,

The valleys roar, the deserts quake.

5

The Lord sits Sovereign on the flood,

The Thunderer reigns forever King;

But make His Church His blessed abode,

Where we His awful glories sing.

6

In gentler language there the Lord

The counsels of His grace imparts;

Amidst the raging storm His Word

Speaks peace and courage to our hearts.