| Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
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| O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
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| All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
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| Praise Him in glad adoration.
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| Praise to the Lord, Who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
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| Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
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| Hast thou not seen how thy desires ever have been
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| Granted in what He ordaineth?
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| Praise to the Lord, Who hath fearfully, wondrously, made thee;
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| Health hath vouchsafed and, when heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee.
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| What need or grief ever hath failed of relief?
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| Wings of His mercy did shade thee.
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| Praise to the Lord, Who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
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| Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
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| Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
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| If with His love He befriend thee.
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| Praise to the Lord, Who, when tempests their warfare are waging,
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| Who, when the elements madly around thee are raging,
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| Biddeth them cease, turneth their fury to peace,
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| Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.
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| Praise to the Lord, Who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
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| Who, when the godless do triumph, all virtue confounding,
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| Sheddeth His light, chaseth the horrors of night,
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| Saints with His mercy surrounding.
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| Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
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| All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him.
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| Let the Amen sound from His people again,
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| Gladly for aye we adore Him. |