v.1-5 <br />L. M. <br />Public prayer and praise. <br /> <br />The praise of Zion waits for thee, <br />My God, and praise becomes thy house; <br />There shall thy saints thy glory see, <br />And there perform their public vows. <br /> <br />O thou whose mercy bends the skies <br />To save when humble sinners pray, <br />All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, <br />And islands of the northern sea. <br /> <br />Against my will my sins prevail, <br />But grace shall purge away their stain; <br />The blood of Christ will never fail <br />To wash my garments white again. <br /> <br />Blest is the man whom thou shalt choose, <br />And give him kind access to thee; <br />Give him a place within thy house, <br />To taste thy love divinely free. <br /> <br />PAUSE. <br /> <br />Let Babel fear when Zion prays; <br />Babel, prepare for long distress, <br />When Zion's God himself arrays <br />In terror and in righteousness. <br /> <br />With dreadful glory God fulfils <br />What his afflicted saints request; <br />And with almighty wrath reveals <br />His love, to give his churches rest. <br /> <br />Then shall the flocking nations run <br />To Zion's hill, and own their Lord; <br />The rising and the setting sun <br />Shall see the Savior's name adored.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-65-part-1/
