Thanksgiving for a Deliverance from Shipwreck

VERANCE FROM SHIPWRECK,

ALL praise to the Lord,
Who rules with a word
The untractable sea,
And limits its rage by His steadfast decree:
Whose providence binds,
Or releases the winds,
And compels them again
At His beck to put on the invisible chain.
Even now He hath heard
Our cry, and appear'd
On the face of the deep,
And commanded the tempest its distance to keep:
His piloting hand
Hath brought us to land,
And no longer distress'd
We are joyful again in the haven to rest.
O that all men would raise
His tribute of praise,
His goodness declare,
And thankfully sing of His fatherly care!
With rapture approve
His dealings of love,
And the wonders proclaim
Perform'd by the virtue of Jesus's name!
Through Jesus alone
He delivers His own,
And a token doth send
That His love shall direct us, and save to the end
With joy we embrace
The pledge of His grace,
In a moment outfly
These storms of affliction, and land in the sky.