My ſoul, my powers bleſs ye the Lord,
With Hymns of praiſe his wonders ſound,
When threat’ning danger round me ſtood
I ſought his help and ſuccour found.
2. Hopeleſs I saw my gloomy caſe,
When burſting waves broke o’er my head,
Then did my ſoul addreſs his throne,
And all its wants before him ſpread.
3. Then in the mount did GOD appear,
And made his light in darkneſs ſhine,
At his rebuke the Tempeſt fled,
To magnify his arm divine.
4. He ſaid I have a ranſom found,
Therefore ye ſons of men return,
I will no more with you contend,
Nor let my wrath forever burn.
5. I am the LORD who rules the ſeas,
My voice can huſh the roaring waves,
The keys of death are in my Hand
To ſhut or open oozy graves.
6. Come truſt the LORD in all your ſtraits,
His great ſalvation call to mind,
My own experience can atteſt,
The LORD is good, his dealings kind.
7. Within the book of his accounts,
Each of my members written are,
Without commiſſion from his Hand,
There ſhall not fall a limb or hair.
8. With joyful heart I’ll tread his Courts,
And pay my vows among his Saints,
To Him my life, my all devote,
Who bow’d his Ear to my complaints.