Lyrics

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¹ LORD, thee I'll praise with all my heart,
thy wonders all proclaim.
² In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy,
and sing unto thy name.

³ When back my foes were turn'd, they fell,
and perish'd at thy sight:
⁴ For thou maintain'dst my right and cause;
on throne sat'st judging right.

⁵ The heathen thou rebuked hast,
the wicked overthrown;
Thou hast put out their names, that they
may never more be known.

⁶ O en'my! now destructions have
an end perpetual:
Thou cities raz'd; perish'd with them
is their memorial.

⁷ GOD shall endure for aye; he doth
for judgment set his throne;
⁸ In righteousness to judge the world,
justice to give each one.

⁹ GOD also will a refuge be
for those that are oppress'd
A refuge will he be in times
of trouble to distress'd

¹⁰ And they that know thy name, in thee
their confidence will place:
For THOU hast not forsaken them
that truly seek thy face.

¹¹ O sing ye praises to the LORD
that dwells in Sion hill;
And all the nations among
his deeds record ye still.

Notes by Rev. John Brown of Haddington

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To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben,
A Psalm of David.

This psalm was, perhaps, composed on the occasion of his son Absalom’s death, 2 Samuel 18:1-33; or on the occasion of the death of Goliath the champion and duellist of Gath, 1 Samuel 17:1-58. We have in it, (1.) David’s hearty thanksgivings to God, for his pleading of his cause against his and his country’s enemies, and for giving him a complete victory over them, ver. 1-6, and his excitement of others to join with him therein, ver. 11.
(2.) His triumph in God as the righteous judge of the world, protector of his people, and the destroyer of his implacable enemies, ver. 7-10.

 

 

Notes of Devotion

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While I sing these subjects, let me chiefly consider the blessings of redemption, the victories of my Redeemer over sin, death, and hell; and believe that I, through him, shall be more than a conqueror. Let the ruin of transgressors effectually admonish me to stand in awe of God, and at the furthest distance from sin.