O Praise the Lord! O Thank the Lord!

Representative Text

1 O praise the Lord! O thank the Lord!
For bountiful is he;
because his lovingkindness lasts
to all eternity.

2 Who can express Jehovah's praise
or tell his deed of might?
O blessed are they who justice keep
and ever do the right.

3 Regard me with the favor, Lord,
which thou dost bear to thine.
O visit thou my soul in love;
make thy salvation mine:

4 That I may see thy people's good
and in their joy rejoice,
and may with thine inheritance
exult with cheerful voice.

Source: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #52

Text Information

First Line: O praise the Lord! O thank the Lord!
Title: O Praise the Lord! O Thank the Lord!
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 1973
Language: English

Tune

EXETER (Mason)


AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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