Give Thanks unto the Lord Our God

Verse 1

Give thanks unto the LORD our God. How good and kind is he, whose tender mercy shall endure through all eternity.

Verse 2

Let God's redeemed repeat these words and give him thanks and praise who rescued them from hostile hands, preserved them all their days.

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

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

Verse 5

He made the way before them straight, and he became their guide, that they might to a city go and there in peace abide.

Verse 6

Let all the children of the LORD now praise him for his grace, and for his works of wonder done in ev'ry time and place!