167) Psalm 136 (2nd Version)

Psalm 136 (2nd Version)

6.6.6.6.8.8 1 Praise God, for he is kind: His mercy lasts for aye.

2 Give thanks with heart and mind To God of gods alway: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

3 The Lord of lords praise ye, Whose mercies still endure.

4 Great wonders only he Doth work by his great pow’r For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

5 Which God omnipotent, By might and wisdom high, The heav’n and firmament Did frame, as we may see: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

6 To him who did outstretch This earth so great and wide, Above the waters’ reach Making it to abide: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

7 Great lights he made to be; For his grace lasteth aye:

8 Such as the sun we see, To rule the lightsome day: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

9 Also the moon so clear, Which shineth in our sight; The stars that do appear, To guide the darksome night: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

10 To him that Egypt smote, Who did his message scorn; And in his anger hot Did kill all their first-born: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

11 Thence Isr’el out he brought; For his grace lasteth ever.

12 With a strong hand he wrought, And stretch’d-out arm deliver: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

13 The sea he cut in two; For his grace lasteth still.

14 And through its midst to go Made his own Israel: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

15 But overwhelm’d and lost Was proud king Pharaoh, With all his mighty host, And chariots there also: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

16 To him who pow’rfully His chosen people led, Ev’n through the desert dry, And in that place them fed: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

17 To him great kings who smote; For his grace hath no bound.

18 Who slew, and spared not Kings famous and renown’d: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

19 Sihon the Am’rites’ king; For his grace lasteth ever:

20 Og also, who did reign The land of Bashan over: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

21 Their land by lot he gave; For his grace faileth never, 22 That Isr’el might it have In heritage for ever: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

23 Who hath remembered Us in our low estate;

24 And us delivered From foes which did us hate: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

25 Who to all flesh gives food; For his grace faileth never.

26 Give thanks to God most good, The God of heav’n, for ever: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure

Eternally.

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