Thou, O Jehovah, Shalt Endure

lyricist: The Psalter, 1912
Composer: John Gould, 1849

Thou

O Je­ho­vah

shalt en­dure

Thy throne for­ev­er is the same;

And to all ge­ne­ra­tions sure

Shall be Thy great me­mor­ial name.

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.

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.

Thy pow­er 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.

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.

The Lord

ex­alt­ed on His throne

Looked down from Heav­en with pi­ty­ing eye

To still the low­ly cap­tive’s moan

And save His peo­ple doomed to die.

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.

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