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| LET us with a gladsome mind | |
| Praise the Lord for he is kind; | |
| For his mercies aye endure, | |
| Ever faithful, ever sure. | |
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| Let us blaze his Name abroad, | 5 |
| For of gods he is the God; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| O let us his praises tell, | |
| That doth the wrathful tyrants quell; | |
| For his, &c. | 10 |
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| That with his miracles doth make | |
| Amazèd Heaven and Earth to shake; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| That by his wisdom did create | |
| The painted heavens so full of state; | 15 |
| For his, &c. | |
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| That did the solid Earth ordain | |
| To rise above the watery plain; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| That by his all-commanding might, | 20 |
| Did fill the new-made world with light; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| And caused the golden-tressèd Sun | |
| All the day long his course to run; | |
| For his, &c. | 25 |
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| The hornèd Moon to shine by night | |
| Amongst her spangled sisters bright; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| He, with his thunder-clasping hand, | |
| Smote the first-born of Egypt land; | 30 |
| For his, &c. | |
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| And, in despite of Pharao fell, | |
| He brought from thence his Israel; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| The ruddy waves he cleft in twain | 35 |
| Of the Erythræan main; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| The floods stood still, like walls of glass, | |
| While the Hebrew bands did pass; | |
| For his, &c. | 40 |
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| But full soon they did devour | |
| The tawny King with all his power; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| His chosen people he did bless | |
| In the wasteful Wilderness; | 45 |
| For his, &c. | |
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| In bloody battail he brought down | |
| Kings of prowess and renown; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| He foiled bold Seon and his host, | 50 |
| That ruled the Amorrean coast; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| And large-limbed Og he did subdue, | |
| With all his over-hardy crew; | |
| For his, &c. | 55 |
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| And to his servant Israel | |
| He gave their land, therein to dwell; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| He hath, with a piteous eye, | |
| Beheld us in our misery; | 60 |
| For his, &c. | |
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| And freed us from the slavery | |
| Of the invading enemy; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| All living creatures he doth feed, | 65 |
| And with full hand supplies their need; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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| Let us, therefore, warble forth | |
| His mighty majesty and worth; | |
| For his, &c. | 70 |
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| That his mansion hath on high, | |
| Above the reach of mortal eye; | |
| For his, &c. | |
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