Scripture Verse

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise Him, O ye servants of the Lord. Psalm 135:1

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, The Psalms of Da­vid 1719.

Music: Mis­sion­ary Chant Hein­rich C. Zeu­ner, 1832 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Praise ye the Lord, ex­alt His name,
While in His ho­ly courts ye wait,
Ye saints, that to His house be­long,
Or stand at­tend­ing at His gate.

Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good;
To praise His name is sweet em­ploy:
Israel He chose of old, and still
His church is His pe­cul­iar joy.

The Lord Him­self will judge His saints;
He treats His ser­vants as His friends;
And when He hears their sore com­plaints,
Repents the sor­rows that He sends.

Through ev­ery age the Lord de­clares
His name, and breaks th’ op­press­or’s rod
He gives His suf­fer­ing ser­vants rest,
And will be known th’ al­migh­ty God.

Bless ye the Lord, who taste His love,
People and priest, ex­alt His name:
Amongst His saints He ev­er dwells;
His church is His Je­ru­sa­lem.