Now to God, Our Strength and Savior

Verse 1

Now to God, our Strength and Savior, Render praise and loudly sing; In our fathers' God rejoicing, All your noblest music bring.

Verse 2

Let the trumpet, far resounding, This our festal day proclaim, By our fathers' God appointed, When from bondage Israel came.

Verse 3

I, thy God, removed thy burdens, When thou calledst, set thee free, Proved thee in the thirsty desert, In the thunder answered thee.

Verse 4

O My people, hear My pleadings; O that thou wouldst hearken now; No strange worship shalt thou offer, Nor to idols shalt thou bow.

Verse 5

I am God the Lord Who saved thee, And from cruel bondage freed; Open wide thy mouth of longing; I will satisfy thy need.

Verse 6

But My people would not hearken, Yea, they would not yield to Me; So I left them in their blindness, Their own counselors to be.

Verse 7

If My people would obey Me, Gladly walking in My ways, Soon would I, their foes subduing, Fill their lips with songs of praise.

Verse 8

All the haters of Jehovah Shall His clemency implore, And the days of those that love Him Shall endure forevermore.

Verse 9

Yea, with wheat the very finest I their hunger will supply, Bid the very rocks yield honey That shall fully satisfy.