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Psalm 104 Version 1
O WORSHIP the King,
   All-glorious above;
O gratefully sing
    His power and His love:
Our Shield and Defender,
    The Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendour,
    And girded with praise.
 
2  O tell of His might,
    O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light,
    Whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath
    The deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is His path
    On the wings of the storm.
 
3  The earth with its store
    Of wonders untold,
Almighty Thy power
    Has founded of old;
Has stablished it fast
    By a changeless decree,
And round it has cast
    Like a mantle, the sea.
 
4  Frail children of dust,
    And feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust,
    Nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender,
    How firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender,
    Redeemer, and Friend!
 
5  O measureless might!
    Ineffable love!
While angels delight
    To hymn Thee above,
The humbler creation,
    Though feeble their lays,
With true adoration
    Shall lisp to Thy praise.
 
Robert Grant, 1779-1838