By A Collection of Hymns

      L.M. Psalm xxxvi.
      1 HIGH in the heavens, eternal God,
      Thy goodness in full glory shines;
      Thy truth shall break through every cloud
      That veils and darkens thy designs.

      2 For ever firm thy justice stands,
      As mountains their foundations keep;
      Wise are the wonders of thy hands;
      Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

      3 Thy providence is kind and large,
      Both man and beast thy bounty share;
      The whole creation is thy charge,
      But saints are thy peculiar care.

      4 My God, how excellent thy grace,
      Whence all our hope and comfort springs!
      The sons of Adam in distress
      Fly to the shadow of thy wings.

      5 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
      Springs from the presence of the Lord;
      And in thy light our souls shall see
      The glories promised in thy word.