That so the race which was to come might well them learn and know; And sons unborn, who should arise, might to their sons them show:
For generations yet to come this shall be on record: So shall the people that shall be created praise the Lord.
Race unto race shall praise thy works, and shew thy mighty deeds.
O let thy work and pow'r appear thy servants' face before; And shew unto their children dear thy glory evermore:
They shall come, and they shall declare his truth and righteousness Unto a people yet unborn, and that he hath done this.
And now, Lord, leave me not, when I old and gray-headed grow: Till to this age thy strength and pow'r to all to come I show.
Consider ye her palaces, and mark her bulwarks well; That ye may tell posterity.