Scripture Verse

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing. Psalm 100:1–2

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­te­ri­an Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 269.

Music: Ben Av­on George C. Steb­bins, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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George C. Stebbins (1846–1945)

Lyrics

All people that dwell on the earth,
Your songs to Je­ho­vah now raise;
Come, serve Him with glad­ness and joy,
Approach Him with an­thems of praise.

Know ye that Je­ho­vah is God,
Our so­ve­reign and mak­er is He;
His peo­ple, for­ev­er His own,
The sheep of His pas­ture are we.

With thank­ful­ness en­ter His gates,
His praise in His tem­ple pro­claim;
Your voic­es in thanks­giv­ing raise,
And bless ye His glo­ri­ous name.

For gra­cious and good is the Lord,
His mer­cy to us ne­ver ends;
His faith­ful­ness, true to His word,
Through ag­es un­end­ing ex­tends.