Psalm 136
Words: Brady and Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David
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1 To God, the mighty Lord,
your joyful thanks repeat;
To him due praise afford,
as good as he is great.
For God does prove
our constant friend;
His boundless love
shall never end.
2,3 To him whose wondrous pow'r
all other gods obey,
Whom earthly kings adore,
this grateful homage pay.
For God, &c.
4,5 By his almighty hand
amazing works are wrought;
The heav'ns by his command
were to perfection brought.
For God, &c.
6 He spread the ocean round
about the spacious land;
And made the rising ground
above the waters stand.
For God, &c.
7,8,9 Thro' heav'n he did display
his num'rous hosts of light;
The sun to rule by day,
the moon and stars by night,
For God, &c.
10,11,12 He struck the first-born dead
of Egypt's stubborn land;
And thence his people led
with his resistless hand.
For God, &c.
13,14 By him the raging sea,
as if in pieces rent,
Disclosed a middle way,
thro' which his people went.
For God, &c.
15 Where soon he overthrew
proud Pharaoh and his host,
Who, daring to pursue,
were in the billows lost.
For God, &c.
16,17,18 Thro' deserts vast and wild
he led the chosen seed;
And famous princes foiled,
and made great monarchs bleed.
For God, &c.
19,20 Sihon, whose potent hand
great Ammon's scepter swayed;
And Or, whose stern command
rich Bashan's land obeyed,
For God, &c.
21,22 And of his wondrous grace,
their lands, whom he destroyed,
He gave to Israel's race,
to be by them enjoyed.
For God, &c.
23,24 He, in oar depth of woes,
on us with favor thought,
And from our cruel foes
in peace and safety brought.
For God, &c.
25,26 He does the food supply
on which all creatures live:
To God who reigns on high
eternal praises give.
For God will prove
our constant friend;
His boundless love
shall never end.
