The God Who Made Both Heaven and Earth

The God who made both Heaven and earth
And all that they contain
Will never quit His steadfast truth
Nor make His promise vain.

The poor and all oppressed by wrong
Are saved by His decree;
He gives the hungry needful food
And sets the captive free.

By Him the blind receive their sight,
By Him the fallen rise;
With constant care, His tender love
All human need supplies.

Author: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady

Year: 1696

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 146 from the New Version of the Psalms of David (Tate & Brady, 1696). The text matches their rendering closely, though later hymnals sometimes modernize the language slightly.