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An exhortation to bless the LORD; and an invocation of the divine blessing.

1 YE servants of the LORD most high,- T
His praise extol above the sky,

By day, by night, that praise proclaim;
In His blest courts lift up your hands,
His mercy all your praise demands;

Bless ye the great JEHOVAH's name.

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2 The LORD, who made both earth and heav'n,
Hath to His saints this honour giv'n; ;
Bless ye the LORD with grateful love:
O LORD, Thy Zion deign to bless
With fruits of peace and righteousness,
And grace with glory crowu above.

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PSALM 134. II. Metre.

1 BLESS GOD, ye servants that attend
Upon His solemn state,

That in His temple, night by night,
With humble rev'rence wait:

2 Within His house lift up your hands,
And bless His holy name;

From Sion bless Thy Israel, LORD,
Who earth and heav'n didst frame.

(C. M.)

PSALM 135. (8-7, 8-7.)

An exhortation to praise God, for his peculiar mercies to Israel, and infinite superiority over the gods of the nations.

1 PRAISE JEHOVAH without ceasing,

Spread abroad His glorious fame;

In His courts for ever blessing,
-Praise and magnify His name;
Blest employment! holy pleasure!
Praise, ye servants of the LORD;
Israel, His peculiar treasure,

Sound His praise, His love record.
2 Sov'reign LORD of earth and heav'n,
Seas and deeps perform Thy will;
To Thy name be glory giv'n,
Thy good pleasure all fulfil.
Through successive generations,
Thy memorials, LORD, remain;
Thou, the Judge of all the nations,
King of kings, for ever reign.
3 Heathen nations sound His praises,
Idols fall before His throne;
Truth divine the chorus raises,
All the earth His glories own.
Praise the LORD, who reigns in Zion,
Priests of God, His name record;
Fear the LORD, His truth rely on
EVERMORE. Praise ye the LORD.

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PSALM 135. II. Metre. (C.M.)

PRAISE the LORD with one consent,

And magnify His name;

Let all the servants of the LORD
His worthy praise proclaim.

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Attend with constant care;

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With humble zeal repair.

3 For this our truest interest is, Glad hymns of praise to sing,

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And with loud songs to bless His name

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A most delightful thing.

4 For GOD His own peculiar choice
The sons of Jacob makes;
And Israel's offspring for His own
Most valued treasure takes..

5 That GOD is great we often have
By glad experience found;

And oft have seen His wond'rous pow'r
Above all glory crown'd.

6 Let all with thanks His wond'rous works

In Sion's court proclaim;

Let all in Salem, where He dwells,

Exalt His holy name.

PSALM 136.

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(8-7, 8-7, 8-7.)

A psalm of praise to JEHOVAH for his great mercies, in creation, providence, and grace; proba bly designed for an act of responsive praise, concluding in the full chorus.

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GIVE thanks unto JEHOVAH,
Gracious acts each day records;
Holy, just, and good, for ever,
GOD of gods, and LORD of lords.

Chorus-Praise JEHOVAH !

For His mercies now and evermore endure!

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2 Sun and moon in splendour shining,
Day by day His pow'r proclaim;
Heav'n and earth in concert joining,
Seas and lands extol His name.
Chorus-Praise JEHOVAH!

For His mercies now and evermore endure!
3 Israel, praise thy Gon and SAVIOUR;
Thou with food from heav'n wast fed;
Guarded with peculiar favour,
Through the waves in safety led.
Chorus-Praise JEHOVAH!

For His mercies now and evermore endure !

4 He from heav'n condescending,
Pitied us in low estate;

He redeem'd from wrath impending,
Endless bliss to contemplate.
Chorus-Praise JEHOVAH!

For His mercies now and evermore endure!

5 Praise, oh, praise the GoD of heav'n,
Who supplies our souls with food;
Pardon, grace, and glory giv'n,

Mercies evermore bestow'd.
Chorus-Praise JEHOVAH!

Praise JEHOVAH! Hallelujah! Praise the LORD!

PSALM 136. II. Metre. (L.M.)

1 GIVE to our God immortal praise!

Mercy and truth are all His ways!

Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.

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2 Give to the LORD of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown;
His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.
3 He built the earth, He spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry lights on high;
Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.
4 He fills the sun with morning light,
He bids the moon direct the night;
His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more.
5 GOD sent His Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave;
Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world He guides our feet,
And leads us to His heav'nly seat;

His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more,

PSALM 137.

(C.M.)

The Israelites, captives in Babylon, describe their oppressed state, their inviolable affection for Jerusalem, and the predicted overthrow of Babylon. APTIVES, by proud Euphrates' stream, We wept, by grief opprest;

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The woes of Zion were our theme,
The city GOD had blest.

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