6 Joy to the saints and peace belongs;
The Lord protects their days: 
Let Israel tune immortal songs
To his almighty grace.

Psalm 118:2. 17-21.  Second Part. 
Public praise for deliverance from death.

1 Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
And rescu’d from the grave;
Now shall he live:  (and none can die
If God resolve to save.)

2 Thy praise, more constant than before, Shall fill his daily breath; Thy hand that hath chastis’d him sore, Defends him still from death.

3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship there,
The house where all the righteous go
Thy mercy to declare.

4 Among th’ assemblies of thy saints Our thankful voice we raise!  There we have told thee our complaints, And there we speak thy praise.

Psalm 118:3. 22 23.  Third Part. 
Christ the foundation of his church.

1 Behold the sure foundation-stone
Which God in Zion lays
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the Name,
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;
Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What tho’ the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise: 
’Tis thy own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

Psalm 118:4. 24 25 26.  Fourth Part. 
Hosanna; the Lord’s day; or, Christ’s
resurrection and our salvation.

1 This is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own;
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.

2 To-day he rose and left the dead,
And Satan’s empire fell;
To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to th’ anointed King,
To David’s holy Son: 
Help us, O Lord; descend and bring
Salvation from the throne.

4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of grace;
Who comes in God his Father’s Name
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raise; The highest heavens, in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler praise.

Psalm 118:5. 22-27.  S. M.
An hosanna for the Lord’s day; or,
A new song of salvation by Christ.

1 See what a living-stone
The builders did refuse;
Yet God hath built his church thereon
In spite of envious Jews.

2 The scribe and angry priest
Reject thine only Son;
Yet on this rock shall Zion rest,
As the chief corner-stone.

3 The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wondrous in our eyes;
This day declares it all divine,
This day did Jesus rise.

4 This is the glorious day
That our Redeemer made;
Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray,
Let all the church be glad.