Now to God, Our Strength and Savior

Now to God

our strength and Sav­ior

Render praise and loud­ly sing.

In our fa­thers’ God re­joic­ing

All your nob­lest mu­sic bring.

Let the trum­pet

far re­sound­ing

This our fest­al day pro­claim

By our fa­thers’ God ap­point­ed

When from bond­age Is­ra­el came.

I

thy God

re­moved thy bur­dens

When thou calledst

set thee free

Proved thee in the thirs­ty desert

In the thun­der an­swered thee.

O My peo­ple

hear My plead­ings;

O that thou wouldst heark­en now;

No strange wor­ship shalt thou of­fer

Nor to id­ols shalt thou bow.

I am God the Lord who saved thee

And from cru­el bond­age freed;

Open wide thy mouth of long­ing;

I will sa­tis­fy thy need.

But My peo­ple would not heark­en

Yea

they would not yield to Me;

So I left them in their blind­ness

Their own coun­sel­ors to be.

If My peo­ple would ob­ey Me

Gladly walk­ing in My ways

Soon would I

their foes sub­du­ing

Fill their lips with songs of praise.

All the hat­ers of Je­ho­vah

Shall His cle­men­cy im­plore

And the days of those that love Him

Shall en­dure for­ev­er­more.

Yea

with wheat the ve­ry fin­est

I their hun­ger will sup­ply

Bid the ve­ry rocks yield ho­ney

That shall ful­ly sa­tis­fy.