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Verses 1-4, Rev. Philip Doddridge, 1737, recast by Rev. John Logan, 1781: verse 1, l. 1, alt. and verse 5, added, Scottish Trs. and Paraphs., 1781·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
O God of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led,
Verse 2
Our vows, our prayers, we now present
Before Thy throne of grace;
God of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race.
Verse 3
Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.
Verse 4
O spread Thy covering wings around
Till all our wanderings cease,
And at our Father’s loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.
Verse 5
Such blessings from Thy gracious hand
Our humble prayers implore;
And Thou shalt be our chosen God,
And portion evermore.
Presbyterian 1895 No. 521 · C.M. · (St. Hugh)
Martin Rinkart; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;
Who, from our mothers’ arms,
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.
Verse 2
O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.
Verse 3
All praise and thanks to God,
The Father, now be given,
The Son, and Him who reigns
With them in highest heaven,
The One Eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
Presbyterian 1895 No. 656 · 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6. · Nun Danket
Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.
Verse 2
He bids us make His glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we’ll convey His wonders down,
Through every rising race.
Verse 3
Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs;
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
Verse 4
Thus shall they learn in God alone
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne’er forget His works,
But practise His commands.
Isaac Watts, “Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 684 · C.M. · St. Martin's