Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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222 Ocean

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: The Philadelphia Harmony, 1789

Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)

Thy works of glory, mighty Lord,
That rul’st the boist’rous sea,
The sons of courage shall record,
Who tempt the dang’rous way.
At Thy command the winds arise,
And swell the tow’ring waves;
The men astonished mount the skies,
And sink in gaping graves.