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PSALM 96. First Part. C.M.
The first and second coming of Christ. (cont.)

4	Ye mountains sink; ye vallies rise;    Prepare the Lord his way.
5	Behold he comes! he comes to bless    The nations as their God: To show the world his righteousness,    And send his truth abroad.
6	But when his voice shall raise the dead,    And bid the world draw near; How will the guilty nations dread,    To see their Judge appear!

PSALM 96. Second Part. P.M.
The God of the Gentiles.

1	THE heathen know thy glory, Lord; The wond'ring nations read thy word;    In these far climes Jehovah's known: Our worship shall no more be paid To gods which mortal hands have made;    Our Maker is our God alone.
2	He fram'd the globe, he built the sky; He made the shining worlds on high;    And reigns complete in glory there: His beams are majesty and light; His beauties, how divinely bright!    His temple, how divinely fair!
3	Come, the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving pow'r,    And barb'rous nations fear his name: Then shall the race of man confess The beauty of his holiness;    And in his courts his grace proclaim.

PSALM 97. First Part. L.M.
Christ reigning, and coming to judgment.

1	HE reigns; the Lord, the Saviour reigns! Praise him in evangelic strains:

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PSALM 97. First Part. L.M.
Christ reigning, and coming to judgment. (cont.)

1	Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice.
2	Deep are his counsels and unknown; But grace and truth support his throne: Tho' gloomy clouds his way surround, Justice is their eternal ground.
3	In robes of Judgment, lo, he comes! Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs: Before him burns devouring fire; The mountains melt, the seas retire.
4	His enemies, with sore dismay, Fly from the sight, and shun the day: Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, And sing, for your redemption's nigh.

PSALM 97. Second Part. L.M.
Let all the angels of God worship him.

1	THE Lord is come; the heav'ns proclaim His birth; the nations learn his name: An unknown star directs the road Of eastern sages to their God.
2	All ye bright armies of the skies, Go, worship, where the Saviour lies: Angels and kings before him bow, Those Gods on high and gods below.
3	Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worshippers confound: Let Judah shout, let Zion sing, And earth confess her sov'reign King.

PSALM 97. Third Part. L.M.
Grace and glory.

1	TH' Almighty reigns, exalted high O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky: Tho' clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy-seat.