Scripture Verse

God be merciful to us, and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us. Psalm 67:1

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­te­ri­an Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 176.

Music: Mei­ri­on­nydd Will­iam F. Lloyd, in Ca­nia­dau Sei­on, ed­it­ed by R. Mills, 1840 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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

Lyrics

O God, to us show mer­cy and bless us in Thy grace;
Cause Thou to shine upon us the bright­ness of Thy face;
That so Thy way most ho­ly on earth may soon be known,
And un­to ev­ery peo­ple Thy sav­ing grace be shown.

O God, let all men praise Thee, let all the na­tions sing;
In ev­ery land let prais­es and songs of glad­ness ring;
For Thou shalt judge the people in truth and right­eous­ness,
And through the earth the na­tions shall Thy just rule con­fess.

O God, let peo­ple praise Thee, let all the na­tions sing,
For earth in rich abun­dance to us her fruit shall bring.
The Lord our God shall bless us, our God shall bless­ing send,
And all the earth shall fear Him to its re­mot­est end.