ELHB Hymn 76
O bless the Lord, my soul!
Isaac Watts (1719)
Hymn Text
76. O bless the Lord, my soul!
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1 O bless the Lord, my soul!
Let all within me join,
And aid my tongue to bless His name,
Whose favors are divine.
Let all within me join,
And aid my tongue to bless His name,
Whose favors are divine.
2 O bless the Lord, my soul!
Nor let His mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.
Nor let His mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.
3 'Tis He forgives thy sins;
'Tis He relieves thy pain;
'Tis He that heals thy sicknesses
And gives thee strength again.
'Tis He relieves thy pain;
'Tis He that heals thy sicknesses
And gives thee strength again.
4 He crowns thy life with love,
When ransomed from the grave;
He that redeemed my soul from death
Hath sovereign power to save.
When ransomed from the grave;
He that redeemed my soul from death
Hath sovereign power to save.
5 He fills the poor with good;
He gives the sufferers rest:
The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for th'oppressed.
He gives the sufferers rest:
The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for th'oppressed.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #76