Worship, and Thanks, and Blessing

Worship

and thanks

and bless­ing

And strength as­cribe to Je­sus!

Jesus alone de­fends His own

When earth and hell op­press us!

Jesus with joy we wit­ness

Almighty to de­liv­er;

Our seals set to

that God is true

And reigns a king for ev­er.

Omnipotent Re­deem­er

Our ran­somed souls adore Thee;

Our Sav­ior Thou

we find it now

And give Thee all the glo­ry.

We sing Thine arm un­short­ened

Brought through our sore temp­ta­tion;

With heart and voice in Thee re­joice

The God of our sal­va­tion.

Thine arm hath safe­ly brought us

A way no more ex­pect­ed

Than when Thy sheep passed through the deep

By crys­tal walls pro­tec­ted.

Th glo­ry was our rear­ward

Thy hand our lives did co­ver

And we

e’en we

have passed the sea

And marched tri­umph­ant ov­er.

Save as de­vot­ed Pe­ter

Betwixt the sol­diers sleep­ing

Like sheep we lay to wolves a prey

Yet still in Je­sus’ keep­ing.

Thou from th’in­fer­nal He­rod

And Jew­ish ex­pec­ta­tion

Hast set us free! All praise to Thee

O God of our sal­va­tion.

The world and Sa­tan’s ma­lice

Thou

Je­sus

hast con­found­ed;

And

by Thy grace

with songs of praise

Our hap­py souls re­sound­ed.

Accepting our de­liv­er­ance

We tri­umph in Thy fa­vor

And for the love which now we prove

Shall praise Thy name for­ev­er.