We Give You Thanks, O God

Verse 1

We give you thanks, O God, because your name is near. All speak of your majestic deeds; your voice we also hear:

Verse 2

"I choose th'appointed time; I judge with justice sure. When earth and all its people quake, its pillars I secure.

Verse 3

"'Boast not!' I tell the proud; the wicked I address: 'Do not lift up your heads with pride, or speak with haughtiness.'"

Verse 4

No one in all the earth can truly give renown, God is the judge; he raises one and puts another down.

Verse 5

The LORD's hand holds a cup with wine of pow'rful blend; he pours it out, and wicked ones must drink it to the end.

Verse 6

God's works I will proclaim, and Jacob's God I'll praise. The wicked's strength I will destroy; the righteous I will raise.