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HYMN 493. Blessings rich and plentifull by Land and Sea. 6. PART. 1. METRE.
Psal. 104.24.
HOW manifold, O Lord, are those,
the works of thine own hand?
All which thy wisedom did compose,
thy riches fill the Land.
[verse 25] No less this wide and spacious Sea,
wherein's a huge increase▪
Of creeping things that seek their prey,
both small and greater beasts.
[verse 26] Here go the ships that carry man
over the waters thin:
And here is that Leviathan
thou mad'st to play therein.
[verse 27] These on thy bounty all depend
for seasonable food:
Thy liberal hand thou dost extend
and they are fill'd with good.
28, 29, 30.
They gather what thou dost supply,
thou hid'st thy face, they mourn:
Thou tak'st away their breath, they die,
and to their dust return.