A New Version of the Psalms of David ‎#235

235. Your Thanks, to God, most good repeat

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 Heav'ns their Birth;
His Mercy shall endure.
6. Above the Waters rais'd the Earth;
His Mercy's ever sure.
7. To him, who did great Lights display;
His Mercy still prevails.
8. He form'd the Sun to rule the Day;
His Mercy never fails.

9. The Moon, and Stars, to rule the Night;
His Mercy lafss 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 stretch'd 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 Isr'el Passage thro' it gave;
His Mercy never fails.
15. But Pharaoh's Host, with Seas, o'erspread;
His Mercy lasts always.
16. His People, thro' 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 th' Am'rites Sceptre sway'd;
His Mercy still prevails.
20. And Og, whom Bashan's Towns obey'd;
His Mercy never fails.

21. For Heritage, he gave their Lands;
His Mercy lasts always.
22. Into his Servants Isr'el'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 Heav'n, O therefore, praise;
His Mercy never fails.

Text Information

• First Line: Your Thanks, to God, most good repeat
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1752
• Scripture:
  Psalm 136

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