Scripture Verse

Give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136:1

Introduction

Words: Pa­ra­phrase of Psalm 136. Au­thor un­known.

Music: Burn­ham Tho­mas Clark (1775–1859) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Praise God, for He is kind;
His mer­cy lasts for aye.
Give thanks with heart and mind
To God of gods al­way.

Refrain

For cer­tainly His mer­cies dure,
For cer­tain­ly His mer­cies dure,
Most firm, most firm and sure eter­nal­ly.

The Lord of lords praise ye,
Whose mer­cies still en­dure.
Great won­ders only He
Doth work by His great pow’r.

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Which God om­ni­po­tent,
By might and wis­dom high,
The Heav’n and fir­ma­ment
Did frame, as we may see.

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To Him who did out­stretch
This earth so great and wide,
Above the wa­ters’ reach
Making it to abide.

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