Scripture Verse

God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. Genesis 1:9

Introduction

Words: Un­known au­thor, 7th Cen­tu­ry (Tel­lu­ris in­gens Con­di­tor). Trans­lat­or ano­ny­mous.

Music: Ill­sley John Bi­shop, A Set of New Psalm Tunes 1711 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Bi­shop (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Earth’s migh­ty Mak­er, whose com­mand
Raised from the sea the so­lid land,
And drove each bil­lowy heap away,
And bade the earth stand firm for aye:

That so, with flow­ers of gold­en hue,
The seeds of each it might re­new;
And fruit trees bear­ing fruit might yield—
And plea­sant pas­ture of the field;

Our spi­rit’s rank­ling wounds ef­face
With dewy fresh­ness of Thy grace:
That grief may cleanse each deed of ill,
And o’er each lust may tri­umph still.

Let ev­ery soul Thy law ob­ey,
And keep from ev­ery ev­il way;
Rejoice each pro­mised good to win
And flee from ev­ery mor­tal sin.

O Fa­ther, that we ask be done,
Through Je­sus Christ, Thine on­ly Son;
Who, with the Ho­ly Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eter­nal­ly.