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EXALT THE LORD, HIS PRAISE PROCLAIM

Scripture Verse

Praise ye the Lord…O ye servants of the Lord. Psalm 135:1

Introduction

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Franz J. Haydn (1732–1809)

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 375.

Music: Cre­at­ion Franz J. Hay­dn, 1798 (🔊 ).

Lyrics

Exalt the Lord, His praise pro­claim;
All ye His ser­vants, praise His name,
Who in the Lord’s house ev­er stand
And hum­bly serve at His com­mand.
The Lord is good, His praise pro­claim;
Since it is plea­sant, praise His name;
His peo­ple for His own He takes
And His pe­cul­iar trea­sure makes.

I know the Lord is high in state,
Above all gods our Lord is great;
The Lord per­forms what He de­crees,
In Heav­en and earth, in depths and seas.
He makes the va­pors to as­cend
In clouds from earth’s re­mot­est end;
The light­nings flash at His com­mand,
He holds the tem­pest in His hand.

Exalt the Lord, His praise pro­claim;
All ye His ser­vants, praise His name,
Who in the Lord’s house ev­er stand
And hum­bly serve at His com­mand,
Forever praise and bless His name,
And in the church His praise pro­claim;
In Zi­on is His dwell­ing place;
Praise ye the Lord, show forth His grace.