Scripture Verse

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation…and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. Psalm 68:19–20

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­te­ri­an Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 181.

Music: Ware George Kings­ley, 1838 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Kings­ley (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Blest be the Lord! for us He cares
And daily all our bur­den bears;
Our God is migh­ty, strong to save;
Jehovah frees us from the grave.

God’s un­re­lent­ing enemies
No peace shall find in earth or seas;
His peo­ple shall trium­phant go
Victorious ov­er ev­ery foe.

With glo­ri­ous pomp our king and God
Has en­tered in­to His abode,
With sac­red min­strel­sy and song,
While maid­ens with their tim­brels throng.

Assemble ye be­fore His face,
All ye that spring from Is­ra­el’s race;
Ye chos­en tribes, with one ac­cord
Come ye, and bless your God, the Lord.