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148. With raised Voice, to God, our Strength

1. With raised Voice, to God, our Strength,
Aloud his Praises sing;
With Shouting, make a joyful Noise,
To Jacob's God, and King.
2. Strike up a Psalm, the Timbrel bring,
And with your Voices join;
The pleasant Harp, and Psaltery,
In Consort sweet combine.

3. The Trumpet blow, in the New-Moon;
When our Feast-Days arrive.
4. To Isr'el, for a Statute Law,
This Jacob's God did give.
3. This Witness he, in Joseph, set,
When thorough Egypt's Land
He went; where we a Language heard,
We could not understand.

6. Then, from his Shoulders, I remov'd,
The Burden on him lay;
His Hands then ceased from the Pots,
And working in the Clay.
7. In thy Distress, thou call'dst on me,
And I thy Griefs remov'd;
In Thunders secret Place reply'd,
At Mass'ah's Stream thee prov'd.

Second Part

8. "Hear, O my People, my Protest;
"O Isr'el hear my Word.
9. "No strange God shall in thee be found;
"No foreign Lord ador'd.
10. "Jehovah, I thy God, thee brought
"From Egypt's miry Clays'
"Thy Mouth wide open, I'll it fill,
"With Plenty, and with Praise.

11. "But Isr'el would not hear my Voice;
"Nor me their Choice would make.
12. "So I them left to their Heart's Lusts,
"Their own Advice to take.
13. Oh, that my People me had heard,
And walk'd in my Command.
14. I would have soon subdu'd their Foes,
And on them turn'd my Hand.

15. From them that hate the Lord, I would
A forc'd Submission gain;
But as for them, their happy Times
Forever should remain.
16. I would have fed them with the best,
And finest of the Wheat;
Of Honey, from the Rock distill'd.
They, to their Fill, should eat.

Text Information
First Line: With raised Voice, to God, our Strength
Language: English
Publication Date: 1752
Scripture:
Notes: Public Domain.
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