Give Thanks unto the Lord, Jehovah

lyricist: From Psalm 118
Composer: Louis Bourgeois, 1551

Give thanks un­to the Lord

Je­ho­vah

For He is good

O praise His name!

Let Is­ra­el say: The Lord be prais­èd

His mer­cy ev­er is the same.

Let Aar­on’s house now praise Je­ho­vah;

The Lord is good

O praise His name:

Let all that fear the Lord ex­tol Him

His mer­cy ev­er is the same.

In a large place the Lord hath set me;

In my dis­tress He heard my cry.

I will not fear

the Lord is with me;

What can man do

when God is nigh?

The Lord is chief among my help­ers;

And I shall see my foes o’er­thrown:

Far bet­ter than in man or princ­es

My trust I place in God alone.

I shall not die

but live

de­clar­ing

The works of God

who tried me sore

And chast­ened me; but in His mer­cy

Not un­to death has giv’n me o’er.

The gates of right­eous­ness set op­en

The gate of God! I’ll en­ter in

To praise Thee

Lord

who pray­er hast an­swered

And savèd­st me from all my sin.

The stone—O Lord

it is Thy do­ing—

The stone the build­ers did des­pise

Is made the head­stone of the cor­ner

And it is mar­vel­ous in our eyes.

This is the day

of days most glo­ri­ous

The Lord has made; we’ll joy and sing.

Send now pros­per­ity

we pray Thee;

And

O our God

sal­va­tion bring!

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