Thank the Lord, for he is good (Vajda)

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Thank the Lord, for he is good (Vajda)

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Tune: HE LOVES US FOREVER
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Thank the Lord, for he is good,
God of gods, and Lord of lords--
He loves us, he loves us forever.

2 See the wonders of his hands,
Stars and heavens, earth and seas--

3 Israel was once enslaved,
But he opened the Red Sea path--

4 Led his people the desert through,
Mighty foes, he crushed them all--

5 Once no people, now his own,
Homes once lost and left, restored--

6 Look, you people, people of God,
Servants free, give him your hand--

7 Food to eat and air to breathe,
Work to do, give thanks to him--

8 Thank the Lord, for he is good--
He loves us, he loves us forever.

Source: Worship Supplement #773

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Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda

Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from S… Go to person page >

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