Scripture Verse

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us. Psalm 67:1

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 178.

Music: St. Mi­chael me­lo­dy by Lou­is Bour­geois in the French Ge­ne­van Psal­ter, 1551. Adapt­ed by Will­iam Crotch in his Psalm Tunes, 1836 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William Crotch (1775–1847)

Lyrics

Lord, bless and pi­ty us,
Shine on us with Thy face,
That all the earth Thy way may know
And men may see Thy grace.

Thy praise, O gra­cious God,
Let all the na­tions sing,
Let all men wor­ship Thee with joy
And songs of glad­ness bring.

The na­tions Thou wilt judge
And lead them in Thy ways;
Let all men praise Thy name, O God,
Let al the peo­ple praise.

The earth her fruit shall yield,
For God, our God, will bless;
We shall be blest, and all the world
His glo­ry shall con­fess.