Singing and Praying the Psalms of David

Psalm 139 Q. What did it take to save Fetus* Ryan?

2022-01-01T07:55:00.000-06:00

A. It took his parents' desire and a team of surgeons' knowledge and work, all under GOD's hand. Psalm 139:13 "You're the creator of my life;

you wove me in my mother's womb."

Operation on a 26 week old fetus saves his life.

“If we didn’t do something, the fetus was going to die. The family understood the risks and benefits and felt it was the right decision to proceed. So I had confidence that we would do the best we could.”

Full technical story

https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/cleveland-clinic-fetal-surgeons-resect-rare-intrapericardial-teratoma/

*According to the Oxford Dictionary, a fetus is “an unborn human...."

Paraphrase of Isaiah 2:2ff

2021-05-09T15:17:00.000-05:00

Behold! the mountain of the Lord

In latter days shall rise

On mountain tops above the hills,

And draw the wond'ring eyes.

....

No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,

Or mar those peaceful years;

To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,

To pruning-hooks their spears.

....

Full song moved to my other music blog-

I-don't-know

A New Version Based on Psalm 91

2021-05-09T15:04:00.001-05:00

The one who dwells in God alone,

And ever makes the Lord His home,

Will know the shelter of the throne

And constantly abide.

Refrain

So I will sing out to the Lord,

“You are my refuge evermore,

And all my hope is in Your Word—

My God, in whom I trust.”

Beneath His wings I safely hide,

Securely resting at His side.

No threat by day, no fear by night,

When God’s my dwelling place.

For music and the rest of the words

Ps. 8

2019-01-20T08:06:00.000-06:00

Ps. 8

Amsterdam 76.76.77.76

1. LORD, our Lord, in all the earth How excellent Your name!
You above the heav'ens have set The splendor of Your fame.
2. From the mouths of infants young You the power of praise compose
In the face of enemies To stop avenging foes.

3. When I view the skies above Which Your own fingers made,
When I see the moon and stars Which You in order laid,
4. What is man so frail and weak That You should remember him?
What can be the son of man That You should care for him?

5. Next to God You have made man, With light and honor crowned.
6. You placed him above Your works; Beneath him all is found:
7. Oxen, sheep, and all wild beasts, 8. Birds, and fish the oceans claim.
9. LORD, our Lord, in all the earth How excellent Your name!

Psalm 98

2017-05-27T15:40:00.003-05:00

1 O sing a new song to the LORD for wonders he has done,
for wonders he has done;
his right hand and his holy arm the vic-to-ry have won,
the vic-to-ry have won, the vic-to-ry have won.

2 The great salvation wrought by him Jehovah has made known
Jehovah has made known.
His justice in the nations' sight he openly has shown,
he openly has shown, he openly has shown.

3 He mindful of His grace and truth to Isr'el's house has been
to Isr'el's house has been.
The great salvation of our God all ends of earth have seen,
all ends of earth have seen, all ends of earth have seen.

4 O all the earth, sing to the LORD and make a joyful sound
and make a joyful sound.
Lift up your voice aloud to Him; Sing psalms! Let joy resound!
Sing psalms! Let joy resound! Sing psalms! Let joy resound!

5 With harp make music to the LORD; with harp a psalm O sing!
with harp a psalm O sing!
6 With horn and trumpet raise a shout before the LORD, the King,
before the LORD, the King, before the LORD, the King.

7 Let seas in all their vastness roar, the world, its living horde,
the world, its living horde.
8 Let rivers clap, let mountains sing their joy before the LORD!
their joy before the LORD! their joy before the LORD!

9 Because he comes, he surely comes, the judge of earth to be!
the judge of earth to be!
With justice he will judge the world, all men with equity,
all men with equity, all men with equity.

Psalm 131

2017-03-26T22:23:00.001-05:00

1. LORD, I have given up all pride,
and turned from arrogance.
I'll not pry into things too great,
or truths beyond my reach,
2. Yes, I'm at rest and peace.

Just as a child weaned from the breast
lies in his mother's arms,
my heart within me is at rest.
3. Trust GOD, O Isra-el,
now and for evermore.

Tune: Evadna CM

Psalm 19: a literal version

2016-02-02T07:54:00.000-06:00

Psalm 19 -- a literal version.

Tune Haddam or Millenium 66.66.88

1. The spacious heav'ns declare the glory of our God;

the firmament displays his handiwork abroad;

2. day unto day doth utter speech,

and night to night doth knowledge teach.

3. Aloud they do not speak; they utter forth no word,

Nor into language break; their voice is never heard;

4. Yet through the world their line extends,

their words to earth's remotest ends.

In heav'n he set a tent a dwelling for the sun,

5. which as a mighty man delights his course to run.

He, bridegroom-like in his array,

comes from his chamber, bringing day.

6. His daily going forth is from the end of heav'n:

the firmament to him is for his circuit giv'n;

and everywhere from end to end,

his radiant heat he doth extend.

7. Jehovah's perfect law restores the soul again;

his testimony sure gives wisdom unto men;

8. the precepts of the Lord are right,

and fill the heart with great delight.

The Lord's commands are pure, they light and joy restore;

9. Jehovah's fear is clean, enduring evermore;

his statutes, let the world confess,

are wholly truth and righteousness.

10. They are to be desired above the finest gold;

than honey from the comb more sweetness far they hold;

11. with warning they your servant guard,

in keeping them is great reward.

12. His errors who can know? Cleanse me from hidden stain;

13. keep me from willful sins, nor let them o'er me reign;

and then I upright shall appear

and be from great transgression clear.

14. When you dost search my life, may all my thoughts within

and all the words I speak your full approval win.

O Lord, you are a rock to me,

and my Redeemer you shall be.

Reasons to Sing the Psalms

2013-08-05T13:20:00.002-05:00

Psalms recognize the war between good and evil, God and Satan. We get dull toward the battle, and Psalms can sharpen us. The American Vision website says:

Now if you sing this type of thing on a regular basis, it is bound to have an effect on your view of the world. Singing the Psalms is one of the surest ways of beginning to get away from our naturally humanistic view of the world, and to start seeing the world from God’s vantage point. After singing the Psalms over time, as we imbibe their teaching slowly but surely we start to think God’s thoughts after him.

psalm 16b

2012-01-16T18:12:00.000-06:00

my awesome family sang this with me.. we may not sound so great but you do better then show me :O) (dictated by Harlan's son (periphrastic))

Psalm 147

2011-08-31T21:25:00.000-05:00

Ps.147

Tune: Downs CM

1 Oh praise the LORD, for it is good praise to our God to sing;

for it is pleasant, and to praise it is a comely thing.

2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem, brings back her captive sons.

3 He binds up all their wounds and heals the brokenhearted ones.

4 He counts the number of the stars; he names them every one.

5 Our Lord is great and great in power; his wisdom search can none.

6 The LORD upholds the meek and brings the wicked to the ground.

7 With thanks, Oh praise the LORD our God; with harps his praises sound;

8 who covers o'er the heav'ns with clouds, who for the earth below

prepares the rain, who makes the grass upon the mountains grow.

9 He cares for beasts that roam the field their food he does supply;

he watches o'er the ravens young and feeds them when they cry.

10 In strength of horse or speed of man, the LORD takes no delight;

11 but those that fear and trust his love are pleasing in his sight.

12 Oh Salem praise the LORD! to God, oh Zion, praise express!

13 For your gates' bars he has made strong, your sons in you has blessed.

14 He made your border peace, on you the finest wheat conferred.

15 He sends forth his command to earth and swiftly speeds his word.

16 Like ashes scatters he the frost, like wool spreads snow on land.

17 Like morsels casts he forth his ice. Who in his cold can stand?

18 Then he sends forth his mighty word; he makes his wind to blow; the snow and ice are melted then; again, the waters flow.

19 And yet this very word of his to Jacob he makes known, his judgments and his code of laws to Israel has shown.

20 Not so to any nation round did he, his grace accord, in that his judgments they've not known. Oh Israel. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 150

2011-08-04T11:58:00.002-05:00

¹ Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary.
Praise him in his mighty expanse.
² Praise him for his mighty deeds.
Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
³ Praise him with the trumpet sound.
Praise him with the harp and lyre.
⁴ Praise him with timbrel and dancing.
Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
⁵ Praise him with loud cymbals.
Praise him with resounding cymbals.
⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD!

Tune: Omega
this is a from the Book of Psalms for Singing

Psalm 149

2011-07-26T22:07:00.002-05:00

1.	¹ O praise the LORD! O sing aloud A new song to the LORD! Where faithful ones assembled are His praise in song accord. ² With joy in his Creator now Let Israel shout and sing. And trembling let all Zion's sons Be joyful in their King.
2.	³ O let them in the whirling dance Give praise to His great name. Let them with sound of harp and drum Sing psalms of praise to Him. ⁴ That people which the LORD has claimed Is pleasant in His eyes, And with salvation's radiance The meek He beautifies.
3.	⁵ In glory let the faithful ones Exult with lifted heads. Let them for gladness shout aloud And sing upon their beds. ⁶ O let the lofty praise of God From out their throats be poured, And let them have within their hand A sharp two edged sword,
4.	⁷ on nations thus to take revenge And punish heathen folk, ⁸ to chain their kings, and on their chiefs to bind an iron yoke, ⁹ on them the judgment execute found written in His word; this honor all His faithful have. O do ye praise the LORD. Tune: Bethlehem (C M D)

Psalm 148

2011-07-26T22:00:00.000-05:00

1.	¹ From heav'n O praise the LORD; Ye heights, HIS glory raise. ² All angels, praise accord; Let all His host give praise. ³ Praise Him on high, Sun, moon, and star, Sun, moon and star, Ye heav'ns afar, And cloudy sky.
2.	⁵ Yea, let them glorious make Jehovah's matchless name; For when the word He spake They into being came. ⁶ And from that place Where fixed they be, Where fixed they be, By His decree They cannot pass.
3.	⁷ From earth O praise the LORD, Ye deeps and all below; ⁸ Wild winds that do His word, Ye clouds, fire, hail, and snow; ⁹ Ye mountains high, Ye cedars tall. Ye cedars tall, ¹⁰ Beasts great and small, And birds that fly.
4.	¹¹ Let all the peoples praise, And kings of every land; Let all their voices raise Who judge and give command. ¹² By young and old, By maid and youth, By maid and youth, ¹³ His name in truth Should be extolled.
5.	Jehovah's name be praised Above the earth and sky. ¹⁴ For He His saints has raised And set their power on high. Him praise accord, O Israel's race, O Israel's race, Near to His grace. Praise ye the LORD. Tune: St. Catherines A great tune of which... I will try to find a midi.

Psalm 146 (1912 paraphrase)

2011-07-26T12:01:00.003-05:00

Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,O my soul, Jehovah praise;
I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days.
Put no confidence in princes, nor for help on man depend;
He shall die, to dust returning, and his purposes shall end.

Happy is the man that chooses Israel’s God to be his aid;
He is blest whose hope of blessing on the Lord his God is stayed.
Heaven and earth the Lord created,Seas and all that they contain;
He delivers from oppression, righteousness He will maintain.

Food He daily gives the hungry, sets the mourning prisoner free,
Raises those bowed down with anguish, makes the sightless eyes to see.
Well Jehovah loves the righteous, and the stranger He befriends,
Helps the fatherless and widow, judgment on the wicked sends.

Hallelujah, praise Jehovah, O my soul, Jehovah praise;
I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days.
Over all God reigns forever, through all ages He is King;
Unto Him, thy God, O Zion, joyful hallelujahs sing.

Tune: Ripley

Psalm 145

2011-07-21T20:13:00.003-05:00

  1 My God, O King, in praise I will exalt you;
    and I will bless your name forevermore.
  2 Yes, every day time and again I'll bless you
    and praise your name both now and evermore.
  3 Great is the LORD. How worthy to be praised!
    His greatness is unsearchable.

  4 Your works the fathers to their sons will praise
    And tell of all your mighty acts.

 5 On all your splendor, your majestic glory,
    On all your wondrous works, I'll meditate.
  6 Men tell the power of all your works most awesome,
    and I will join, your greatness to proclaim.
  7 They'll your abundant goodness celebrate;
    with joy they'll sing your righteousness.
  8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
    To anger slow, and rich in love.

  9 The LORD is good to all of his creation,
    compassion has on all that he has made.
 10 All you have made, O LORD, with thanks will praise you;
    your chosen holy ones will you extol.
 11 The glory of your kingdom they will tell,
    the greatness of your power proclaim,
 12 that sons of men may know your mighty acts,
    your kingdom's splendor glorious.

 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
    your rule endures through generations all.
 14 The Lord upholds all those who down are falling
    And raises up all those who are bowed down.
 15 The eyes of all on earth look up to you;
    you give them food all in good time.
 16 Your opened hand fills every need of life;
 17 The LORD is good to all that live.

 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
    to all who call on him with purpose true.
 19 He satisfies the wants of all who fear him;
    he hears their cry and saves them everyone.
 20 The LORD keeps watch o'er all those loving him,
    but wicked all he will destroy.
 21 My mouth and all creation praise the LORD!
    Forever praise his holy name.

Tune: "How Great Thou Art"

Psalm 144

2011-07-21T19:33:00.003-05:00

1.	¹ Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for the fight. ² My Steadfast Love, my Fort, my Stronghold, my Deliverer, my Shield in whom I refuge take, he brings my people under me.
2.	³ O LORD, what then is man that you take note of him? What is the son of man that you consider him? ⁴ A breath, a nothingness, is man. As for the days of man, they all are like a shadow passing by.
3.	⁵ O LORD, bow low your heav'ns; may you yourself come down. Yes, touch the mountaintops and cause them thus to smoke. ⁶ Make lightning flash and scatter them. O may your arrows be sent forth to trouble and disquiet them!
4.	⁷ Your hand reach from on high to rescue me and save from waters great and deep. from hands of alien folk, ⁸ whose mouth speaks always what is false, and even the right hand of whom is a right hand of cunning lies.

5.	⁹ O God, in praise to you, a new song I will sing. Upon a ten-stringed harp your praises I will play. ¹⁰ For he salvation gives to kings; his servant David he will help and keep him from the wasting sword.
6.	¹¹ O rescue me and save, grant me deliverance, from hands of alien folk, from power of foreigners, whose mouth speaks always what is false, and even the right hand of whom is a right hand of cunning lies.
7.	¹² So be our sons like plants grown sturdy in their youth, and may our daughters be like palace cornerstones; ¹³ all kinds of goods fill up our barns; our flocks of sheep be multiplied by thousands and ten thousands more;
8.	¹⁴ yes, may our cattle bear. may there be no attacks, no going forth to war, no outcry in our streets. ¹⁵ O happy people who are thus! O happy people who can say they have the LORD to be their God! Tune: Lischer, 66.66.888.

Psalm 143

2011-07-21T19:32:00.003-05:00

1 LORD, hearken to my prayer;
my supplication hear.
Reply in truth and in righteousness.
2 And with your servant now
to judgment do not come,
for in your sight no man is just.

3 The foe has hounded me;
my life to earth has crushed.
Entombed he kept me as those long dead.
4 My spirit therefore faints,
within me overwhelmed.
My heart in me is desolate.

5 I days of old recall;
I muse on all your deeds;
I ponder long what your hands have wrought.
6 I stretch my hands to you;
my soul longs after you
as thirsts a dry and desert land.

7 Haste, LORD, to answer me!
O how my spirit fails!
Hide not the light of your face from me,
Lest I become like those
who to the pit go down.
O let me not with them descend.

8 Let me your mercy hear
when morning light appears;
I flee to you for my hiding place.
Teach me to know the way;
Show me how I should walk,
for I lift up my soul to you.

9 Deliver me, O LORD,
from all my enemies;
that you may hide me I flee to you.
10 Teach me to do your will;
my God of Spirit good,
O make me dwell in upright lands.

11 For your name's sake, O LORD,
deal graciously with me;
relieve my soul in your righteousness.
12 My foes slay in your grace;
destroy my enemies,
because I am your servant true.

Tune: Fairest Lord Jesus

Psalm 142

2011-07-18T06:04:00.000-05:00

1 I loudly cry out to the LORD;

I plead for aid to GOD.

2 Before him pour my troubled thoughts;

I tell him my distress.

3 For when my spirit is depressed,

you guard the way I take;

for in the path that I must walk

men hide their snares for me.

4 Look to my right and you will see;

none is concerned for me.

I have no place where I can hide;

none cares to guard my life.

5 I cry to you, O LORD, and say:

"In you I shelter find;

you are the one who's my support

within the land of life."

6 Pay heed now to my cry and save;

I am in desperate need.

save me from those who dog my heels,

for they're too strong for me.

7 O bring me from the prison house

so I can thank your name.

The just will crowd around me when

your love is shown to me.

Tune: Orton (C M)

or Auld Lang Syne

Psalm 141

2011-07-18T05:56:00.002-05:00

1 O LORD, I am calling to you; please make haste,

and give you attention when I cry to you.

2 My prayer be as incense accepted by you;

as off'ring at ev'ning be my lifted hands.

3 O LORD, set a guard on my mouth, watch my lips;

4 my heart keep away from all evil desires.

Keep me back from evil and from evil men,

and let me not love to sit down at their feasts.

5 Let righteous ones strike me - a kindness it proves;

and if he rebuke me - it's oil on my head;

and I'll not refuse it, yet still I will pray

that evil ones' deeds will be quite overthrown.

6 The leaders of evil down cliffs will be thrown;

the wicked will learn that my words are all true.

7 they'll say, "Like one ploughing and breaking the earth,

our bones have been scattered in reach of hell's jaws."

8 But my eyes see you, Sovereign LORD, you're my hope;

9 Don't let me see death, keep me out of man's snares.

10 But let wicked ones in their own nets be caught,

while I at the same time pass by without hurt.

Tune: Immortal, invisible, God only wise

St. Denio (Joanna )

Psalm140

2011-07-18T05:50:00.002-05:00

1. From men of greed and violence, O LORD my soul release;

2. they evil in their hearts devise, and wars they would increase.

3. As keen as any serpent’s fangs so sharp their tongues they make,

and underneath their lips there hides the venom of a snake.

4. Guard me from men of violence, O LORD, from lawless force;

their purpose is to bring me down, to overthrow my course.

5. The proud hid traps and cords for me; they have a secret net

along the wayside spread for me, and snares for me they set.

6. But I have said unto the LORD, “In truth you are my God."

Jehovah, hear my voice when I in supplication bow.

7. My Lord Jehovah is for me salvation’s strength and stay;

he is the cover for my head when comes the battle day.

8. Grant not, O LORD, that wicked men see their desire draw nigh.

and do not help them in their plots to lift themselves on high.

9. As for the head of all those men who have surrounded me,

by all the mischief of their lips let them now covered be.

10. Let burning coals upon them fall; to flames let them be cast,

and in the deepest pits from which they cannot rise at last.

11. Let not the slanderer on earth enjoy security;

let evil hunt the violent and smite relentlessly.

12. I know Jehovah will maintain the cause of those oppressed;

he will defend the right of those by poverty distressed.

13. And then the righteous to your name their thanks will surely give;

and they that upright are in heart shall in your presence live.

Tune: Old Lang Syne (C M D)

Psalm 138

2011-07-17T19:43:00.002-05:00

1 With all my heart my thanks I'll bring,
before the gods your praises sing;
2 I'll worship in your holy place
and praise your name for truth and grace;

For you above your name adored
have magnified your faithful word.
3 The day I called your help appeared;
with inward strength my soul was cheered.

4 All kings of earth shall thanks accord
when they have heard your words, O LORD;
5 Jehovah's way they'll celebrate;
the glory of the LORD is great.

6 Although Jehovah is most high,
on lowly ones he bends his eye;
but those that proud and haughty are
he knows them only from afar.

7 Through trouble though my pathway be,
you will revive and comfort me.
your outstretched hand you will oppose
against the wrath of all my foes.

Your hand, O LORD, shall set me free.
8 God will perfect his plan for me;
Your mercy, LORD, forever stands;
Leave not the work of your own hands.

Tune: Hursley

Psalm 139

2011-07-17T19:43:00.001-05:00

1 You've searched me, LORD, and know me well,

2 my sitting, rising, all my thoughts.

3 You mark my path and where I rest;

you're well informed of all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue

you know it fully, gracious LORD!

5 You hem me in, behind, before;

yes, you have laid your hand on me.

6 Such knowledge is to deep for me,

too high for me to understand.

7 Where can I from your Spirit go?

Where can I from your presence flee?

8 You're there if I go up in space;

you're there if I lie down in depths.

9 If I speed on the wings of dawn

and settle on the sea's west side,

10 your hand will guide me even there,

yes, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If in deep trouble I should cry:

"Nothing but darkness is my plight,

around me light has turned to night,"

12 even the dark's not dark to you;

and thus the night is bright as day,

for darkness is as light to you.

13 You're the creator of my life;

you wove me in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you for the way I'm made

awesome and wonderful it is .

Your works are truly wonderful,

and I am well aware of this.

15 My frame was not hid from your view

when i was made in secret place.

When I was woven in the womb

16 your eyes my unformed body saw.

And all the days ordained for me

were firstly written in your book.

17 How precious are your thoughts to me,

O God; how mighty is their sum!

18 Were I to count them, they'd be more

than all the grains of sand would be.

When I awaken from my sleep,

I find that I am still with you.

19 O that you'd slay the wicked, God!

Away from me, you ruthless ones.

20 They speak of you with evil aims;

your foes speak out deceitfully.

21 Do not I hate those hating you,

loathe those who rise against you, LORD?

22 I hate them with most perfect hate;

I count them as my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if a sinful way's in me,

lead in the everlasting way.

Psalm 137

2011-07-16T12:01:00.001-05:00

1 By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
when we our thoughts to Zion turned.

2 There on the trees we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked for songs,

yes, our tormentors called for mirth:

"Sing to us one of Zion's songs!"

4 How can we sing the LORD's own songs

while we are in a foreign land?

5 If you, Jerus'lem, I forget,

let my right hand forget it's skill.

6 My tongue be dumb if Salem I

do not regard as my chief joy.

7 Remember, LORD, when Salem fell,

that Edom cried, "Raze, Raze it all!"

8 O Babylon, your doom's decreed,

And happy he who pays you back,

9 who takes your little ones instead

and dashes them against the rocks.

Tune: Melita

Psalm 136

2011-07-16T07:18:00.000-05:00

1.	¹ O thank the LORD, for good is He; His mercy lasts forever. ² Thanks to the God of gods give ye; His mercy lasts forever.
2.	³ O praises give the King of kings; His mercy lasts forever; ⁴ For He alone does wondrous things; His mercy lasts forever.
3.	⁵ Who in His wisdom framed the skies; His mercy lasts forever; ⁶ Who made the earth from waters rise; His mercy lasts forever.
4.	⁷ Who placed the great lights on display; His mercy lasts forever; ⁸ The sun to rule the sky by day; His mercy lasts forever.
5.	⁹ The moon and stars to rule the night; His mercy lasts forever; ¹⁰ Who Egypt's firstborn all did smite; His mercy lasts forever.
6.	¹¹ Who freed all Isr'el from their charm; His mercy lasts forever; ¹² With mighty hand and outstretched arm; His mercy lasts forever.
7.	¹³ Who by His wind the Red Sea clave; His mercy lasts forever; ¹⁴ Led Isr'el through the parted wave; His mercy lasts forever.
8.	¹⁵ O'er Pharaoh He the Red Sea spread; His mercy lasts forever; ¹⁶ Through desert wastes His people led; His mercy lasts forever.
9.	¹⁷ To Him Who great kings overthrew; His mercy lasts forever; ¹⁸ Who famous kings in battle slew; His mercy lasts forever.
10.	¹⁹ King Sihon, of the Amorites; His mercy lasts forever; ²⁰ And Og, the king of Bashanites; His mercy lasts forever.
11.	²¹ Their land He gave to Israel; His mercy lasts forever; ²² His servant gave a place to dwell; His mercy lasts forever.
12.	²³ He thought on us when we were low; His mercy lasts forever; ²⁴ And made us free from every foe; His mercy lasts forever.
13.	²⁵ He food bestows on all that live; His mercy lasts forever; ²⁶ Thanks to the God of heaven give; His mercy lasts forever.

Tune: Constance

Psalm 135

2011-07-15T18:14:00.000-05:00

1 O praise the LORD! Sing out GOD's fame!

All you his servants, praise his name,

2 who always serve within GOD's house,

And do your work in our God's courts.

3 The LORD is good, his praise proclaim; since it is pleasant, praise his name.

4 The LORD chose Jacob as his own,

on Isr'el set his love alone.

5 I know the LORD is very great;

our Lord's above all gods in state.

6 The LORD performs what he decrees

in heav'n and earth, in deepest seas.

7 He makes the moisture to ascend

in clouds from earth's remotest end;

the lightning and the rain he sends,

and from his store brings out the winds.

8 He Egypt's first-born struck with might,

the first of man and beast one night.

9 You, Egypt, signs and wonders saw,

that Pharaoh's might should be no more.

10 He struck great nations, mighty kings -- 11 Sihon and Og, all Canaan's kings.

12 He gave their lands to Is-ra-el,

in this inheritance to dwell.

13 O LORD, for ever lasts your name,

through ages all, O LORD, your fame.

14 For GOD will vindicate his own,

his servants will his grace be shown.

15 The gods of silver and of gold

are made by those who craft and mould.

16-17 They do not speak, see, hear, breathe air;

18 they're helpless too, who trust their care.

19 Isr'el and Aaron, Levi too;

20 all fearing GOD, give GOD his due.

21To GOD in Zion praise accord;

he dwells in Salem. Praise the LORD!

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