Your thanks, to God, most good repeat

Your thanks, to God, most good repeat

Author: John Barnard
Published in 1 hymnal

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1. Your thanks, to God, most good repeat;
His mercy still prevails.
2. Praise him, the God of gods, most great;
His mercy never fails.
3. Give thanks unto the King of kings;
His mercy lasts always.
4. Who only doth most wondrous things;
His mercy ne'er decays.

5. Whose wisdom gave the heavens their birth;
His mercy shall endure.
6. Above the waters raised the earth;
His mercy's ever sure.
7. To him, who did great lights display;
His mercy still prevails.
8. He formed the sun to rule the day;
His mercy never fails.

9. The moon, and dtars, to rule the night;
His mercy lasts always.
10. Did Egypt, in their first-born, smite;
His mercy ne'er decays.
11. Who Isr'el led from slavish Land;
His mercy shall endure.
12. With stretched out arm,and mighty hand;
His mercy's ever sure.

Second Part

13. The Red Sea he asunder clave;
His mercy still prevails.
14. And Israel passage through it gave;
His mercy never fails.
15. But Pharaoh's host, with seas, o'erspread;
His mercy lasts always.
16. His people, through the desert, led;
His mercy ne'er decays.

17. To him who did great monarchs smite;
His mercy shall endure.
18. And slew kings, famous for their might;
His mercy's ever sure.
19. Sihon, who the Amorites sceptre swayed;
His mercy still prevails.
20. And Og, whom Bashan's towns obeyed;
His mercy never fails.

21. For heritage, he gave their lands;
His mercy lasts always.
22. Into his servants Isreel's hands;
His mercy ne'er decays.
23. Who thought on us, when we were low;
His mercy shall endure.
24. And us redeemed from the foe,
His mercy's ever sure.

25. Who to all flesh their food conveys;
His mercy still prevails.
26. The God of heaven, O therefore, praise;
His mercy never fails.

A New Version of the Psalms of David, 1752

Author: John Barnard

John Barnard, born in Boston, Nov. 6, 1681; in 1752 made a version of psalms with the music; settled at Marblehead; introduced new music ther; died Jan 14, 1770, aged 89. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876  Go to person page >

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First Line: Your thanks, to God, most good repeat
Author: John Barnard
Place of Origin: Marblehead, Massachusetts
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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