Praise God, for He Is Kind

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For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally.

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Praise God, for he is kind: His mercy lasts for aye. Give thanks with heart and mind To God of gods alway:

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The Lord of lords praise ye, Whose mercies still endure. Great wonders only he Doth work by his great pow'r

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Which God omnipotent, By might and wisdom high, The heav'n and firmament Did frame, as we may see:

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To him who did outstretch This earth so great and wide, Above the waters' reach Making it to abide:

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Great lights he made to be; For his grace lasteth aye: Such as the sun we see, To rule the lightsome day:

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Also the moon so clear, Which shineth in our sight; The stars that do appear, To guide the darksome night:

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To him that Egypt smote, Who did his message scorn; And in his anger hot Did kill all their first-born:

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Thence Isr'el out he brought; For his grace lasteth ever. With a strong hand he wrought, And stretched-out arm deliver:

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The sea he cut in two; For his grace lasteth still. And through its midst to go Made his own Israel:

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But overwhelmed and lost Was proud king Phäraoh, With all his mighty host, And chariots there also:

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To him who pow'rfully His chosen people led, Ev'n through the desert dry, And in that place them fed:

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To him great kings who smote; For his grace hath no bound. Who slew, and sparèd not Kings famous and renowned:

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Sihon the Am'rites' king; For his grace lasteth ever: Og also, who did reign The land of Bashan over:

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Their land by lot he gave; For his grace faileth never, That Isr'el might it have In heritage for ever:

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Who hath rememberèd Us in our low estate; And us deliverèd From foes which did us hate:

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Who to all flesh gives food; For his grace faileth never. Give thanks to God most good, The God of heav'n, for ever: