Tune: Melita
(\'Eternal Father, strong to save\')
Psalm 107 v.21-29
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O that people would praise the Lord
For His goodness and for His word
And for His wonderful works known
They here to humankind are shown
Let people give thanks and rejoice
In joyful singing with one voice
They that in ships do go to sea
That where their trade and commerce be
They see the Lord\'s works, His wonders
In the deep, and when water stirs
For He commands, raises stormy
Winds, which lifts up the waves flurry
The waves mount up to the heaven
Then go down to the depths even
Those out at sea, their soul does melt
Because of their trouble so felt
They reel to and fro, and stagger
Like the drunken, scene does concur
They are at their wit\'s end, and their
Wisdom is gone. there none to share
They know not what to do, but they
Cry to the Lord in troubles, say
Lord, save us, and He does them bring
Out of their distresses, each thing
He makes the storm a calm, and so
The waves are still, the ysee and know
The Lord\'s working, and then they be
Glad, for sea is quiet, peacefully
So He brings them unto the place
Their desired haven, by His grace