O Praise the Lord, for He Is Good

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O praise the Lord, for He is good, His mercies still endure

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Piano/Organ
	O God, Beyond All Praising - Hymn Settin…

Choral
	In Silent Slumber, Angels Come

Instrumental
	Majestic Praise (Brass Solos for Worship…

Representative Text

1 O praise the Lord, for he is good,
his mercies still endure;
thus say the ransomed of the Lord,
from all their foes secure.

2 He gathered them from out the lands,
from north, south, east and west.
They strayed in desert's pathless way,
No city found for rest.

3 Their weary soul within them faints
when thirst and hunger press;
in trouble then they cried to God,
he saved them from distress.

4 He made the way before them straight,
himself became their guide,
that they might to a city go
wherein they might abide.

5 O that men would Jehovah praise
for all his kindness shown,
and for his works so wonderful
which he to men makes known!

6 Because the longing soul by him
with food is satisfied,
the hungry soul that looks to him
with goodness is supplied.

Source: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #83

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First Line:	O praise the Lord, for He is good, His mercies still endure
Title:	O Praise the Lord, for He Is Good
Meter:	8.6.8.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ST. MICHAELS (55435)

ST. MICHAEL'S is an anonymous tune first published by William Gawler (b. Lambeth, London, England, 1750; d. London, 1809) in 1789 in his London collection Hymns and Psalms Used at the Asylum for Female Orphans (1785-1789). Gawler was organist at the Asylum of Refuge for French Orphans in Lambeth, th…

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KINGSFOLD

Thought by some scholars to date back to the Middle Ages, KINGSFOLD is a folk tune set to a variety of texts in England and Ireland. The tune was published in English Country Songs [sic: English County Songs] (1893), an anthology compiled by Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland. After having…

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RICHMOND (Haweis)

RICHMOND (also known as CHESTERFIELD) is a florid tune originally written by Thomas Haweis (PHH 270) and published in his collection Carmina Christo (1792). Samuel Webbe, Jr., adapted and shortened the tune and published it in his Collection of Psalm Tunes (1808). It was reprinted in 1853 in Webbe's…

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Piano/Organ O God, Beyond All Praising - Hymn Settings for Flute and Organ More Piano/Organ...
Choral In Silent Slumber, Angels Come More Choral...
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PowerPoint O PRAISE THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD (Blue Psalter Hymnal 217) More PowerPoint...