1. It is good to sing Thy praises
And to thank Thee, O Most High,
Showing forth Thy loving kindness
When the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling
Of Thy faithfulness to tell,
While with sweet, melodious praises
Songs of adoration swell.
2. Thou hast filled my heart with gladness
Through the works Thy hands have wrought;
Thou hast made my life victorious,
Great Thy works and deep Thy thought.
Thou, O Lord, on high exalted,
Reignest evermore in might;
All Thy enemies shall perish,
Sin be banished from Thy sight.
3. But the good shall live before Thee,
Planted in Thy dwelling place,
Fruitful trees and ever verdant,
Nourished by Thy boundless grace.
In His goodness to the righteous
God His righteousness displays;
God my rock, my strength and refuge,
Just and true are all His ways.
1. Jehovah sits enthroned
In majesty most bright,
Appareled in omnipotence,
And girded round with might.
2. The world established stands
On its foundations broad;
His throne is fixed, He reigns supreme,
The everlasting God.
3. The floods have lifted up
Their voice in majesty,
But mighty is the Lord our God
Above the raging sea.
4. Thy testimonies, Lord,
In faithfulness excel,
And holy must Thy servants be
Who in Thy temple dwell.
1. O Lord, Thou Judge of all the earth,
To Whom all vengeance doth belong,
Arise and show Thy glory forth,
Requite the proud, condemn the wrong.
2. How long, O Lord, in boastful pride
Shall wicked men triumphant stand?
How long shall they afflict Thy saints
And devastate Thy chosen land?
3. The widow and the fatherless
They slay, and helpless strangers smite;
The faithful God they do not fear,
They say the Lord will not requite.
4. Be wise, ye fools and brutish men;
Shall not He see Who formed the eye?
Shall not He hear Who formed the ear,
And judge, Who reigneth, God Most High?
5. The Lord will judge in righteousness,
From Him all truth and knowledge flow;
The foolish thoughts of wicked men,
How vain they are the Lord doth know.
6. That man is blest whom Thou, O Lord,
With chastening hand dost teach Thy will,
For in the day when sinners fall
That man in peace abideth still.
7. The Lord will not cast off His own,
Nor His inheritance forsake;
Just judgment shall at length prevail,
And upright hearts shall courage take.
8. Who will arise for my defense
Against the wicked in the land?
Against iniquity and wrong
What man for me will valiant stand?
9. Unless the Lord had been my help,
My life had quickly passed away;
But when my foot had almost slipped,
O Lord, Thy mercy was my stay.
10. Amid the doubts that fill my mind
Thy comforts, Lord, bring joy to me;
Can wickedness, though throned in might,
Have fellowship, O Lord, with Thee?
11. The wicked, in their might arrayed,
Against the righteous join their power,
But to the Lord I flee for help,
He is my refuge and my tower.
12. Our God, the refuge of His saints,
Will fight against iniquity;
Avenger of the innocent
The Lord omnipotent will be.
1. O come before the Lord, our King,
And in His presence let us sing;
Let us in glad and joyful lays
The Rock of our salvation praise;
Before Him come with thankful song,
In joyful psalms His praise prolong.
2. Almighty pow'r the Lord maintains,
Exalted over all He reigns;
He holds the valleys in His hand,
He makes the mighty mountains stand;
To Him belong both land and sea,
Creator of the world is He.
3. O come and let us worship now,
Before our Maker let us bow;
We are His sheep and He our God,
He feeds our souls in pastures broad;
He safely leads us in the way;
O come and heed His voice today.
4. Take heed and harden not your hearts
As did your fathers, nor depart
From God to follow in their ways;
For with complaints instead of praise,
With doubt instead of faith confessed,
They put His mercy to the test.
5. Take heed that ye provoke Him not
As did your fathers, who forgot,
With erring heart, God's holy ways
And grieved Him all their sinful days;
To whom in wrath Jehovah sware,
My promised rest they shall not share.
1. Now with joyful exultation
Let us sing Jehovah's praise,
To the Rock of our salvation
Loud hosannas let us raise;
Thankful tribute gladly bringing,
Let us come before Him now,
And, with psalms His praises singing,
Joyful in His presence bow.
2. For, how great a God, and glorious,
Is Jehovah Whom we sing;
Over idol-gods victorious,
Great is He, our God and King.
In His hand are earth's deep places,
His the strength of all the hills,
His the sea whose bounds He traces,
His the land His bounty fills.
3. To the Lord, such might revealing,
Let us come with rev'rence meet,
And, before our Maker kneeling,
Let us worship at His feet.
He is our own God and leads us,
We the people of His care;
With a shepherd's hand He feeds us
As His flock in pastures fair.
4. While He proffers peace and pardon
Let us hear His voice today,
Lest, if we our hearts should harden,
We should perish in the way;
Lest to us, so unbelieving,
He in judgment shall declare:
Ye, so long My Spirit grieving,
Never in My rest can share.
1. O come and to Jehovah sing,
To Him our voices raise;
Let us in our most joyful songs
The Lord our Saviour praise,
The Lord our Saviour praise.
2. Before His presence let us come
With praise and thankful voice;
Let us sing psalms to Him with grace,
With grateful hearts rejoice,
With grateful hearts rejoice.
3. Jehovah is a mighty King,
Above all gods His throne;
The depths of earth are in His hand,
The mountains are His own,
The mountains are His own.
4. To Him the spacious sea belongs,
He made its waves and tides;
And by His hand the rising land
Was formed, and still abides,
Was formed, and still abides.
5. O come, and bowing down to Him
Our worship let us bring;
Yea, let us kneel before the Lord,
Our Maker and our King,
Our Maker and our King.
1. O sing a new song to the Lord,
Sing all the earth to God;
In daily praises bless His Name
And tell His grace abroad.
Among the nations far and wide
His glory celebrate;
To all the peoples of the earth
His wondrous works relate.
2. The Lord is great above all gods,
Let glad hosannas rise;
The heathen gods are idols vain;
Jehovah made the skies.
Great honor is before His face,
And majesty divine;
Within His holy dwelling place
Both strength and beauty shine.
3. Let all the peoples of the earth
Give glory to the Lord,
Give Him the glory due His Name
And strength to Him accord;
With off'rings come ye to His courts,
In holy beauty bow,
Let all the earth with rev'rence come
And serve Jehovah now.
4. To all the nations of the earth
The blessed tidings bring;
Tell all the world Jehovah reigns,
The universal King.
The world shall therefore stand unmoved,
Established by His might;
And just is He to judge the wrong
And vindicate the right.
5. Let heav'n and earth and sounding sea
To Him glad tribute bring;
Let field and wood and all therein
Before Jehovah sing;
For, lo, He comes to judge the earth,
And all the world shall see
His everlasting faithfulness,
His truth and equity.
1. O sing a new song to the Lord,
Sing all the earth and bless His Name;
From day to day His praise record,
The Lord's redeeming grace proclaim.
2. Tell all the world His wondrous ways,
Tell heathen nations far and near;
Great is the Lord, and great His praise,
And Him alone let nations fear.
3. The heathen gods are idols vain;
The shining heav'ns the Lord supports;
Both light and honor lead His train,
While strength and beauty fill His courts.
4. Let every tongue and every tribe
Give to the Lord due praise and sing;
All glory unto Him ascribe,
Come, throng His courts, and off'rings bring.
5. O fear and bow, adorned with grace,
And tell each land that God is King;
The earth He founded in its place,
And justice to the world will bring.
6. Let heaven be glad, let earth rejoice,
The teeming sea resound with praise;
Let waving fields lift high their voice,
And all the trees their anthem raise.
7. So let them shout before our God,
For, lo, He comes, He comes with might,
To wield the scepter and the rod,
To judge the world with truth and right.
1. Sing to the Lord, sing praise, all ye peoples,
New be your song as new honors ye pay;
Sing of His majesty, bless Him forever,
Show His salvation from day to day.
2. Tell of His wondrous works, tell of His glory,
Till through the nations His Name is revered;
Praise and exalt Him, for He is almighty,
God over all let the Lord be feared.
3. Vain are the heathen gods, idols and helpless;
God made the heav'ns, and His glory they tell;
Honor and majesty shine out before Him,
Beauty and strength in His temple dwell.
4. Give unto God Most High glory and honor,
Come with your off'rings and humbly draw near;
In holy beauty now worship Jehovah,
Tremble before Him with godly fear.
5. Make all the nations know God reigns forever;
Earth is established as He did decree;
Righteous and just is the King of the nations,
Judging the people with equity.
6. Let heav'n and earth be glad; waves of the ocean,
Forest and field, exultation express;
For God is coming, the Judge of the nations,
Coming to judge in His righteousness.
1. Jehovah reigns; let earth be glad
And all the isles their joy make known;
With clouds and darkness He is clad,
On truth and justice rests His throne.
2. Consuming fire destroys His foes,
Around the world His lightening blaze;
The trembling earth His presence knows,
The mountains melt before His gaze.
3. The heav'ns His righteousness proclaim,
Through earth His glory shines abroad;
From idol-worship turn with shame
And bow before the living God.
4. Thy Church rejoices to behold
Thy judgments in the earth, O Lord;
Thy glory to the world unfold,
Supreme o'er all be Thou adored.
5. All ye that truly love the Lord,
Hate sin, for He is just and pure;
To saints His help He will accord
And keep them in His love secure.
6. For good men light and joy are sown
To bless them in the harvest-time;
Ye saints, your joy in God make known
And ever praise His Name sublime.
1. Sing a new song to Jehovah
For the wonders He hath wrought;
His right hand and arm most holy
Triumph to His cause have brought.
In His love and tender mercy
He hath made salvation known,
In the sight of every nation
He His righteousness hath shown.
2. Truth and mercy tow'rd His people
He hath ever kept in mind,
And His full and free salvation
He hath shown to all mankind.
Sing, O earth, sing to Jehovah,
Praises to Jehovah sing;
With the swelling notes of music
Shout before the Lord, the King.
3. Seas with all your fullness thunder,
All earth's peoples now rejoice;
Floods and hills in praise uniting
To the Lord lift up your voice.
For, behold, Jehovah cometh,
Robed in justice and in might;
He alone will judge the nations,
And His judgment shall be right.
1. Unto to God our Saviour
Sing a joyful song;
Wondrous are His doings,
For His arm is strong.
He has wrought salvation,
He has made it known,
And before the nations
Is His justice shown.
2. Joyful, all ye people,
Sing before the Lord;
Shout and sing His praises
Now in glad accord;
With the harp and trumpet
Joyful praises bring;
Come, rejoice before Him,
God, the Lord, your King.
3. Waves of mighty ocean,
Earth with fullness stored,
Floods and fields and mountains,
Sing before the Lord;
For He comes with justice,
Evil to redress,
And to judge the nations
In His righteousness.
1. Unto God our Saviour
Sing a joyful song;
Wondrous are His doings,
For His arm is strong.
He had brought salvation,
He has made it known,
And before the nations
Is His justice shown.
2. He remembers mercy,
Faithful to His own,
And our God's salvation
All the earth has known.
Joyful, all ye people,
Sing before the Lord;
Shout and sing His praises
Now in glad accord.
3. Waves of mighty ocean,
Earth with fullness stored
Floods and fields and mountains,
Sing before the Lord;
For He comes with justice,
Evil to redress,
And to judge the nations
In His righteousness.
1. Come, let us sing before the Lord
New songs of praise with sweet accord;
For wonders great by Him are done,
His mighty arm has vict'ry won.
2. The great salvation of our God
Is seen through all the earth abroad;
Before the nations' wond'ring sight
He has revealed His truth and right.
3. He called to mind the truth and grace
Bestowed upon His chosen race,
And unto earth's remotest bound
Glad tidings of salvation sound.
4. All lands, to God lift up your voice,
Sing praise to Him, with shouts rejoice;
With voice of joy and loud acclaim
Let all unite and praise His Name.
5. Praise ye the Lord with harp and song,
With voice of psalms His praise prolong;
In swelling chorus gladly sing
And shout before the Lord the King.
6. Let earth be glad, let ocean roar,
And praises sound from shore to shore;
Let floods and hills with glad accord
Show forth their joy before the Lord.
7. For, lo, He comes; at His command
All nations shall in judgment stand;
In justice robed, and throned in light,
The Lord shall judge, dispensing right.
1. Jehovah reigns in majesty;
Let all the nations quake.
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let earth's foundations shake.
Supreme in Zion is the Lord,
Exalted gloriously;
Ye nations, praise His name with awe,
The Holy One is He.
2. The mighty King loves justice well,
And equity ordains;
He rules His people righteously
And faithfulness maintains.
O magnify the Lord our God,
Let Him exalted be;
In worship at His footstool bow,
The Holy One is He.
3. When priests and prophets called on God,
He their petitions heard;
His cloudy pillar led them on,
And they obeyed His word.
Though sending judgments for their sins,
He pardoned graciously;
Exalt the Lord and worship Him,
The Holy One is He.
1. God is King forever:
Let the nations tremble;
Throned above the cherubim,
By all the earth adored;
He is great in Zion,
High above all peoples;
Praise Him with fear,
For holy is the Lord.
2. Merciful as mighty,
He delights in justice,
For He reigns in righteousness
And rules in equity;
Worship and exalt Him,
Bowing down before Him,
Perfect in pow'r and
Holiness is He.
3. Holy men of old in
Him alone confided;
He forgave their sins, although
They felt His chast'ning rod;
In His holy temple
Worship and adore Him,
Faithful and holy
Is the Lord our God.
1. Jehovah reigns supreme:
Let nations tremble now;
He dwells between the cherubim:
Let earth before Him bow.
2. The Lord in Zion reigns
O'er all the earth abroad;
Ye nations, praise His glorious Name,
For holy is our God.
3. The King Almighty lives
Just judgment to maintain;
He rules His people righteously
And makes His justice plain.
4. Exalt ye now the Lord,
Our God in praises laud,
And at His footstool worship Him,
For holy is our God.
1. All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
2. Know that the Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His flock, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.
3. O enter then His gates with joy,
Within His courts His praise proclaim;
Let thankful songs your tongues employ,
O bless and magnify His Name.
4. Because the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
1. All people that dwell on the earth,
Your songs to Jehovah now raise;
Come, serve Him with gladness and joy,
Approach Him with anthems of praise.
2. Know ye that Jehovah is God,
Our Sov'reign and Maker is He;
His people, forever His own,
The sheep of His pasture are we.
3. With thankfulness enter His gates,
His praise in His temple proclaim;
Your voices in thanksgiving raise,
And bless ye His glorious Name.
4. For gracious and good is the Lord,
His mercy to us never ends;
His faithfulness, true to His word,
Through ages unending extends.
1. O make a joyful noise, ye lands,
And serve the Lord with fear;
With gladness wait His high commands,
And with a song draw near.
2. Know that the Lord is God alone;
He made us and will keep,
For His we are, and not our own,
His people and His sheep.
3. With glad thanksgiving throng His gates,
His goodness to proclaim;
Within His courts, where mercy waits,
Give thanks and bless His Name.
4. For He is good, and time shall prove
His mercies ever sure,
And while the ages onward move
His truth shall still endure.
1. Of mercy and of justice
My thankful song shall be
O Lord, in joyful praises
My song shall rise to Thee.
Within my house I purpose
To walk in wisdom's way;
O Lord, I need They presence;
How long wilt Thou delay?
2. On what is base and evil
I will not set my heart;
Transgressors' ways abhorring,
With them I take no part.
No froward man or evil
Shall my companion be;
I will not suffer slander
Or pride or treachery.
3. The faithful and the upright
Shall minister to me;
The lying and deceitful
My favor shall not see
I will in daily judgment
All wickedness reward,
And cleanse from evildoers
The city of the Lord.
1. Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry
Have ready access unto Thee;
When in distress to Thee I fly,
O hide not Thou Thy face from me.
2. Attend, O Lord, to my desire,
O haste to answer when I pray.
For grief consumes my strength like fire,
My days as smoke pass swift away.
3. My heart is withered like the grass,
And I forget my daily bread;
In lonely grief my days I pass
And sad my thoughts upon my bed.
4. My foes reproach me all the day,
My drink is tears, my bread is grief,
For in Thy wrath I pine away,
My days are like a fading leaf.
1. Thou, O Jehovah, shalt endure,
Thy throne forever is the same;
And to all generations sure
Shall be Thy great memorial Name.
2. The time for Zion's help is near,
The time appointed in Thy love;
O let Thy gracious aid appear,
Look Thou in mercy from above.
3. O Lord, regard the prayer of those
Who love the walls of Zion well,
Whose hearts are heavy for her woes,
Who sad amid her ruins dwell.
4. They pow'r and glory shall appear,
And Zion's walls shall be restored;
Then all the kings of earth shall fear
And heathen nations serve the Lord.
5. The Lord has heard and answered prayer
And saved His people in distress;
This to the coming age declare,
That they His holy Name may bless.
6. The Lord, exalted on His throne,
Looked down from heav'n with pitying eye
To still the lowly captive's moan
And saved His people doomed to die.
7. All men in Zion shall declare
His gracious Name with one accord,
When kings and nations gather there
To serve and worship God the Lord.
1. Before my journey is complete
My vigor fails, my years decline;
My God, O spare me, I entreat;
The days of life are wholly Thine.
2. O cut not short my life's brief day,
O Thou Whose years eternal run,
Thou Who didst earth's foundations lay,
Creator of the stars and sun.
3. The earth and heav'ns shall pass away,
Like vesture worn and laid aside,
But changeless Thou shalt live for aye,
They years forever shall abide.
4. Thy servants' children shall remain
For evermore before Thy face;
Enduring honor they shall gain,
Established ever in Thy grace.
1. Thou, O Lord, art God alone;
Everlasting is Thy throne;
Through the ages men shall sing
Praise to heav'n's eternal King.
Thou, enthroned above the skies,
Wilt for Zion's help arise;
Let Thy grace to her appear,
For the promised time is near.
2. If with love compassionate
We, Thy servants, mourn her state,
Wilt not Thou, O gracious Lord,
Help in Zion's need afford?
Lord, Thy glory shall appear.
Kings and nations then shall fear;
And Thy Name shall be adored
When Thy Zion is restored.
3. This all ages shall record
For the glory of the Lord;
Thou dost hear the humble prayer,
For the helpless Thou dost care.
Thou eternal art, and great,
Heav'n and earth Thou didst create,
Heav'n and earth shall pass away,
Changeless Thou shalt live for aye.
4. As one lays a garment by,
Thou wilt change the starry sky
Like a vesture worn and old,
But Thy years shall ne'er be told.
Thou wilt make Thy servants' race
Ever live before Thy face,
And forever at Thy side
Children's children shall abide.
1. Thou, O Lord, art God alone;
Everlasting is Thy throne;
Through the ages men shall sing
Praise to heav'n's eternal King.
2. Thou, enthroned above the skies,
Wilt for Zion's help arise;
Let Thy grace to her appear,
For the promised time is near.
3. If with love compassionate
We, Thy servants, mourn her state,
Wilt not Thou, O gracious Lord,
Help in Zion's need afford?
4. Lord, Thy glory shall appear,
Kings and nations then shall fear;
And Thy Name shall be adored
When Thy Zion is restored.
1. O praise and bless the Lord, my soul,
His wondrous love proclaim;
Join heart and voice and all my pow'rs
To bless His holy Name.
2. O praise and bless the Lord, my soul,
And ever thankful be;
Forget not all the benefits
He has bestowed on thee.
3. He freely pardons all thy sins,
And He is strong to save;
He heals thy sickness, soothes thy pain,
And ransoms from the grave.
4. He crowns thee with His grace and love,
And, with His strength endued,
Thou mountest up with eagle's wings,
Thy joyous youth renewed.
5. The Lord will judge in righteousness
For all that are oppressed;
To all His saints His gracious acts
And ways are manifest.
6. The Lord is ever merciful,
And unto anger slow;
His loving kindness and His grace
In rich abundance flow.
7. He will not chide for evermore,
He turns His wrath away;
He has not strictly marked our sins,
Our evil to repay.
8. As heaven is high above the earth,
So great His mercy proves;
As far from us as east from west
He all our sin removes.
1. The tender love a father has
For all his children dear,
Such love the Lord bestows on them
Who worship Him in fear.
2. The Lord remembers we are dust,
And all our frailty knows;
Man's days are like the tender grass,
And as the flow'r he grows.
3. The flow'r is withered by the wind
That smites with blighting breath;
So man is quickly swept away
Before the blast of death.
4. Unchanging is the love of God,
From age to age the same,
Displayed to all who do His will
And reverence His Name.
5. Those who His gracious covenant keep
The Lord will ever bless;
Their children's children shall rejoice
To see His righteousness.
1. Established in the highest heav'ns
The Lord has set His throne,
And over all His kingdom rules,
For He is God alone.
2. Ye angels that excel in strength,
Bless ye the Lord, your God;
Ordained to hear and do His will,
Proclaim His praise abroad.
3. Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts
That serves the Lord, your King,
And wait His pleasure to perform,
To Him your praises bring.
4. Bless ye the Lord, all ye His works
In His dominion broad,
And, never ceasing, O my soul,
Bless thou the Lord, thy God.
1. O my soul, bless thou Jehovah,
All within me bless His name;
Bless Jehovah and forget not
All His mercies to proclaim.
He forgives all thy transgressions,
Heals thy sicknesses and pains;
He redeems thee from destruction,
And His love thy life sustains.
2. He with tender mercies crowns thee,
Satisfies thy full request,
So that like the tireless eagle
Thou with youth renewed art blessed.
Righteous is the Lord in judgment,
Unto all that are oppressed;
To His people He has ever
Made His goodness manifest.
3. Yea, the Lord is full of mercy
And compassion for distress,
Slow to anger and abundant
In His grace and tenderness.
He will not be angry alway,
Nor will He forever chide;
Though we oft have sinned against Him
Still His love and grace abide.
4. As the heavn's are high above us,
Great His love to us has proved;
Far as east from west is distant,
He has all our sins removed.
As a father loves his children,
Feeling pity for their woes,
So the Lord to those who fear Him
Mercy and compassion shows.
1. Mindful of our human frailty
Is the God in Whom we trust;
He Whose years are everlasting,
He remembers we are dust.
2. Man is like the tender flower,
And his days are like the grass,
Withered where it lately flourished
By the blighting winds that pass.
3. Changeless is Jehovah's mercy
Unto those who fear His Name,
From eternity abiding
To eternity the same.
4. All the faithful to His covenant
Shall behold His righteousness;
He will be their strength and refuge,
And their children's children bless.
1. In the heavn's the Lord Almighty
Fixed His everlasting throne;
Over all is His dominion,
He is God, and He alone.
2. Bless the Lord, ye mighty angels,
Ye that hearken to His voice,
All His gracious word fulfilling;
Ever bless Him and rejoice.
3. Bless the Lord, all ye His servants,
Ministers of God Most High;
Ye His hosts, that do His pleasure,
God your Maker glorify.
4. Bless the Lord, all things created;
By His holy Name adored
All through-out His wide dominion;
O my soul, bless thou the Lord.
1. O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker,
And all within me bless His holy Name;
Bless thou the Lord, forget not all His mercies,
His pard'ning grace and saving love proclaim.
2. Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion,
Most slow to anger, plenteous in love;
Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him,
Boundless and endless as the heav'ns above.
3. His love is like a father's to his children,
Tender and kind to all who fear His Name,
For well He knows our weakness and our frailty,
He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame.
4. We fade and die like flow'rs that grow in beauty,
Like tender grass that soon will disappear;
But evermore the love of God is changeless,
Still shown to those who look to Him in fear.
5. High in the heav'ns His throne is fixed forever,
His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole;
Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion,
Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul.
Chorus:
Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might,
Bless Him, His servants that in His will delight.
1. O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker,
And all within me bless His holy Name;
Bless thou the Lord, forget not all His mercies,
His pard'ning grace and saving love proclaim.
2. Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion,
Most slow to anger, plenteous in love;
Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him,
Boundless and endless as the heav'ns above.
3. His love is like a father's to his children,
Tender and kind to all who fear His Name,
For well He knows our weakness and our frailty,
He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame.
4. We fade and die like flow'rs that grow in beauty,
Like tender grass that soon will disappear;
But evermore the love of God is changeless,
Still shown to those who look to Him in fear.
5. High in the heav'ns His throne is fixed forever,
His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole;
Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion,
Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul.
Chorus:
Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might,
Bless Him, His servants that in His will delight.
1. My soul, bless the Lord! the Lord is most great;
With glory arrayed, majestic His state;
The light is His garment, the skies are His shade,
And over the water His courts He has laid.
2. He rides on the clouds, the wings of the storm,
The lightning and wind His mission perform;
The earth He has founded her station to keep,
And wrapped as a vesture about her the deep.
3. O'er mountain and plain the dark waters raged'
His voice they obeyed, the floods were assuaged;
Uplifting the mountains He ordered a bound,
Forbidding the waters to cover the ground.
4. He causes the springs of water to flow
In streams 'mid the hills and valleys below;
Beside them with singing the birds greet the day,
And there the beasts gather their thirst to allay.
1. He waters the hills with rain from the skies,
And plentiful grass and herbs He supplies,
Supplying the cattle, and blessing man's toil
With bread in abundance, with wine and with oil.
2. The trees which the Lord has planted are fed,
And over the earth their branches are spread;
They keep in their shelter the birds of the air,
The life of each creature the Lord makes His care.
3. The seasons are fixed by wisdom divine,
The slow changing moon shows forth God's design;
The sun in his circuit his Maker obeys,
And running his journey hastes not nor delays.
4. The Lord makes the night, when, leaving their lair,
The lions creep forth, God's bounty to share;
The Lord makes the morning, when beasts steal away
And men are beginning the work of the day.
5. How many and wise Thy works are, O Lord!
The earth with the wealth of wisdom is stored,
The sea bears in safety the ships to and fro,
And creatures unnumbered it shelters below.
6. Thy creatures all look to Thee for their food;
Thy hand opens wide they gather the good;
Thy face Thou concealest, in anguish they yearn;
Their breath Thou witholdest, to dust they return.
1. Thy Spirit, O Lord, makes life to abound;
The earth is renewed, and fruitful the ground;
To God ascribe glory and wisdom and might,
Let God in His creatures forever delight.
2. Before the Lord's might earth trembles and quakes,
The mountains are rent, and smoke from them breaks;
The Lord I will worship through all of my days,
Yea, while I have being my God I will praise.
3. Rejoicing in God, my thought shall be sweet,
While sinners depart in ruin complete;
My soul, bless Jehovah, His Name be adored,
Come, praise Him, ye people, and worship the Lord.
1. O Lord, how manifold the works
In wisdom wrought by Thee;
The wealth of Thy creation fills
The earth and mighty sea.
2. Let God rejoice in all His works,
And let His works proclaim
For evermore their Maker's praise
And glorify His Name.
3. While life shall last, my thankful lips
A song to God will raise,
And while my being I possess,
My Maker I will praise.
4. My heart shall think upon His grace
In meditation sweet;
My soul, rejoicing in the Lord,
His praises shall repeat.
1. O praise the Lord, His deeds make known,
And call upon His Name;
Sing ye to Him, His praises sing,
His wondrous works proclaim.
2. Let hearts rejoice that seek the Lord,
His holy Name adore;
Seek ye Jehovah and His strength,
Seek Him for evermore.
3. Ye children of God's covenant,
Who of His grace have heard,
Forget not all His wondrous deeds
And judgments of His word.
4. The Lord our God is God alone,
All lands His judgments know;
His promise He remembers still,
While generations go.
5. While yet our fathers were but few,
Sojourners in the land,
He sware that Canaan should be theirs,
And made His covenant stand.
6. He suffered none to do them wrong
In all their pilgrim way;
Yea, for their sake were kings reproved
And covered with dismay.
7. His stern command restrained their foes
And filled them with alarm:
Touch not My own anointed ones,
Nor do My prophets harm.
8. He wholly broke the staff of bread
And called for famine sore,
And He prepared His people's way
By sending one before.
9. Then Joseph, sold to slavery,
With cruel chains was bound;
Till his prediction came to pass,
Distress and grief he found.
10. The king released him from his bonds
And made him rule the land,
Subjecting chiefs and senators
To his controlling hand.
11. To Egypt Israel followed then,
And there grew great and strong,
Until their friends became their foes
And did them grievous wrong.
12. God sent His servant Moses then,
And Aaron, whom He chose;
Great signs and wonders they displayed
To terrify their foes.
13. In darkness they were taught to fear
God's great and holy Name;
On man and beast, on vine and field,
His awful judgment came.
14. He smote the first-born in the land,
The chief of all their strength,
Enriched His people with the spoil
And brought them forth at length.
15. He led them forth in health and strength,
None weak in all their band,
And Egypt, filled with fear, rejoiced
To see them leave the land.
16. He spread a cloud to cover them,
Most glorious and bright,
And made a fiery pillar shine
To give them light by night.
17. At their request He sent them quails,
And bread of heaven bestowed;
And from the rock, to quench their thirst,
The living waters flowed.
18. His sacred word to Abraham
He kept, though waiting long,
And brought His chosen people forth
With joy and thankful song.
19. The lands and toil of wicked men
He gave them to possess,
That they might keep His holy laws;
Jehovah praise and bless.
1. Praise ye the Lord, for His is good;
Give thanks and bless His Name;
His loving-kindness changes not,
From age to age the same.
2. What tongue can tell His mighty deeds,
His wondrous works and ways?
O who can show His glory forth,
Or utter all His praise?
3. The Lord will bless and prosper those,
Yea, blest indeed are they,
Whose ways are just, who constantly
His righteous law obey.
4. O Lord, remember me in grace,
Let me salvation see;
The grace Thou showest to Thy saints,
That grace reveal to me.
5. Let me behold Thy people's good
And in their joy rejoice;
With Thy triumphant heritage
Let me lift up my voice.
6. In evil we have gone astray,
And sinful is our race;
Rebelliously our fathers walked,
Forgetful of Thy grace.
7. Though they rebelled, yet for their help
In saving strength He came
To make His power almighty known
And glorify His Name.
8. He brought them safely through the sea
And overwhelmed their foes;
Their faith was stirred, and for the time
Their songs of praise arose.
9. Forgetful soon, they tempted God,
Nor for His counsel cared;
He sent them leanness in their souls,
Whilst they earth's bounties shared.
10. With envy they regarded those
Whom God to them had sent;
The opening earth, the kindling flame,
Brought awful punishment.
11. A golden image they adored,
And worshipped at its shrine;
Thus they despised the living God
And scorned His love divine.
1. Their God and Saviour they forgot,
Their helper and their stay,
But Moses plead the promised grace
And turned God's wrath away.
2. Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
The promised land of God,
And tempted Him to make them fall
And scatter them abroad.
3. They sacrificed to heathen gods,
And God their sin repaid;
Then holy wrath avenged the wrong,
And so the plague was stayed.
4. The Lord approved the righteous act
Of him who sin abhorred,
And honored him for evermore
With just and great reward.
5. By wicked strife they angered God,
His wrath they did provoke;
And, stirred by their rebellious cries,
Their leader rashly spoke.
6. Ensnared, they served the heathen gods,
And by them were beguiled;
The blood of children sacrificed
The very land defiled.
7. Against His own inheritance
Jehovah's wrath arose,
His chosen people He condemned
To serve their heathen foes.
8. Though from their harsh oppressors' hand
Ofttimes He set them free,
Rebellious still, they were brought low
In their iniquity.
9. When unto God they cried, He heard
And turned again His face,
In boundless love remembering
The covenant of His grace.
10. He even touched their captors' hearts,
And made their very foes
Compassionate and pitiful
To feel his people's woes.
11. Save us, O Lord, our gracious God,
From alien lands reclaim,
That we may triumph in Thy praise
And bless Thy holy Name.
12. Blessed be the Lord our covenant God,
All praise to Him accord;
Let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye, praise ye the Lord.
1. Praise the Lord, for He is good,
For His mercies ever sure
From eternity have stood,
To eternity endure;
Let His ransomed people raise
Songs to their Redeemer's praise.
2. From captivity released,
From the south and from the north,
From the west and from the east,
In His love He brought them forth,
Ransomed out of every land
From the adversary's hand.
3. Wand'ring in the wilderness,
Far they roamed the desert way,
Found no settled dwelling-place
Where in peace secure to stay,
Till with thirst and hunger pressed
Courage sank within their breast.
4. To Jehovah then they cried
In their trouble, and He saved;
He Himself became their guide,
Led them to the rest they craved
By a pathway straight and sure,
To a city strong, secure.
5. Sons of men, awake to praise
God the Lord Who reigns above,
Gracious in His works and ways,
Wondrous in redeeming love;
Longing souls He satisfies,
Hungry hearts with good supplies.
1. Rebels, who had dared to show
Proud contempt of God Most High,
Bound in iron and in woe,
Shades of death and darkness nigh,
Humbled low with toil and pain,
Fell, and looked for help in vain.
2. To Jehovah then they cried
In their trouble, and He saved,
Threw the prison open wide
Where they lay to death enslaved,
Bade the gloomy shadows flee,
Broke their bonds and set them free.
3. Sons of men, awake to praise
God the Lord Who reigns above,
Gracious in His works and ways,
Wondrous in redeeming love;
Iron bars He breaks like clay,
And the brazen gates give way.
1. Men who walk in folly's way,
And to evil turn aside,
Find that sorrow will repay
Those who wisdom's laws defied;
Down to death's dark portals led,
They abhor their daily bread.
2. To Jehovah then they cry
In their trouble, and He saves,
Sends compassionate reply,
Gives the health their spirit craves,
Rescues them with gracious aid
From the snares their folly laid.
3. Sons of men, awake to praise
God the Lord Who reigns above,
Gracious in His works and ways,
Wondrous in redeeming love;
Let them all thank off'rings bring,
Celebrate His deeds, and sing.
1. They that traffic on the sea,
While unceasing watch they keep,
See Jehovah's majesty
And His wonders in the deep;
For He bids the storm-wind fly,
Lifting ocean's waves on high.
2. By the billows heav'n-ward tossed,
Down to dreadful depths again,
Troubles much, their courage lost,
Reeling, they like drunken men
Find their skill and pow'r o'er thrown;
None can save but God alone.
3. To Jehovah then they cry
In their trouble, and He saves,
Drives the darkness from the sky,
Calms the storm and stills the waves,
Makes their sad forebodings cease,
To their haven guides in peace.
4. Sons of men, awake to praise
God the Lord Who reigns above,
Gracious in His works and ways,
Wondrous in redeeming love;
Praise Him where the people meet,
Praise Him in the elders' seat.
1. Springs and streams no longer bless
All the dry and thirsty land;
Fertile fields in verdant dress
God converts to desert sand;
For that they who dwell therein
Turn to wickedness and sin.
2. Once again the waters well,
All the desert blossoms fair;
There He makes the hungry dwell,
There a city they prepare,
Plant their vines and sow their fields,
And the earth her increase yields.
3. Now He blesses them indeed,
They are greatly multiplied;
On the hills their cattle feed,
Fast increasing, spreading wide;
Then again they are brought low
Through oppression, grief, and woe
4. His contempt the princes taste;
Driven out they helpless fly,
Wand'ring in the trackless waste;
But He lifts the needy high,
Where no evil shall annoy,
And with children gives him joy.
5. When His righteous judgments come,
Strong to bless and to destroy,
All iniquity is dumb,
All the righteous sing for joy;
Who Jehovah wisely heed,
In His works His mercy read.
1. O praise the Lord, for He is good,
His mercies still endure;
Thus let His ransomed testify,
From all their foes secure,
He has redeemed His captive saints
From adversaries' hands,
Has gathered them and brought them back
In peace from hostile lands.
2. They wandered in the wilderness,
By want and hunger pressed;
In trouble then they cried to God,
He saved their souls distressed,
He made the way before them plain,
Himself became their guide;
He brought them to a city strong
Wherein they might abide.
3. O praise the Lord, ye sons of men,
For all His goodness shown;
O praise Him for the wondrous works
To you He has made known.
The longing soul that turns to Him
He fully satisfies;
He fills with good each hung'ring one
That for His mercy cries.
1. My steadfast heart, O God,
Will sound Thy praise abroad
With tuneful string;
The dawn shall hear my song,
Thy praise I will prolong,
And where Thy people throng
Thanksgiving bring.
2. Thy truth and tender love
Are high as heav'n above;
Thy help we crave.
Be Thou exalted high
Above the lofty sky;
Lest Thy beloved die,
O hear and save.
3. God's word shall surely stand;
His Name through every land
Shall be adored;
Lord, who shall lead our host?
Thy aid we covet most,
In Thee is all our boast,
Strong in the Lord.
1. My heart is fixed, O God,
A grateful song I raise;
Awake, O harp, in joyful strains,
Awake, my soul to praise.
2. Among the nations, Lord,
To Thee my song shall rise;
They truth is great above the heav'ns,
Thy mercies reach the skies.
3. Above the heav'ns. O God,
And over all the earth,
Let men exalt Thy glorious Name
And tell Thy matchless worth.
4. Stretch forth Thy mighty hand
In answer to our prayer,
And let Thy own beloved ones
Thy great salvation share.
5. The holy God hath said,
All lands shall own My sway;
My people shall My glory share,
The heathen shall obey.
6. O who will lead our hosts
To triumph o'er the foe,
If Thou shalt cast us off, O God,
Nor with our armies go?
7. The help of man is vain,
Be Thou our helper, Lord;
Through Thee we shall do valiantly
If Thou Thy aid afford.
1. O God, Whom I delight to praise,
To Thee my cry for help I raise;
Be Thou my friend and advocate
When foes assail with bitter hate.
2. Against me sland'rous words are flung
From many a false and lying tongue;
Without a cause men hurl at me
The shafts of deadly enmity.
3. My good with evil they repay,
My love turns not their hate away;
The part of vengeance, Lord, is Thine,
To pray, and only pray, is mine.
4. Since love appeals to him in vain,
The slave of sin let him remain;
Against him let his foe be turned,
His sin be judged, his prayer be spurned.
5. Let sudden death upon him break,
His office let another take,
His children and his widowed wife
Pursue the homeless beggar's life.
6. Let creditors consume his toil
And strangers make his wealth their spoil;
Let none in pity heed his claim,
Cut off his race, blot out his name.
7. His parents' sins be not forgot
Till Thou from earth his memory blot
Since he remembered not to show
Compassion to the sons of woe.
8. He cursing loved and blessing loathed;
Unblest, with cursing he is clothed;
For thus the justice of the Lord
My adversaries will reward.
9. O God, the Lord for they Name's sake
Let me of Thy good grace partake;
My need is great, and great Thou art
To heal my wounded, stricken heart.
10. With failing strength I fast and pine
Like shadows swift my days decline,
And when my foes my weakness see
They shake the head in scorn at me.
11. O Lord my God, Thy help I crave,
In Thy great loving kindness save;
Before my foes Thy mercy show;
That Thou dost help me make them know.
12. What though they curse, if Thou wilt bless?
Then joy shall banish my distress,
And shame shall overwhelm the foes
Who would Thy servant's way oppose.
13. Thanksgiving to the Lord I raise,
The multitude shall hear my praise,
For by the needy God will stand
To save them from oppression's hand.