Scripture Verse

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy Name. Psalm 103:1

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­te­ri­an Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 284.

Music: Tid­ings (Walch) James Walch, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Walch (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy maker,
And all within me bless His holy name;
Bless thou the Lord, forget not all His mercies,
His pard’ning grace and saving love pro­claim.

Refrain

Bless Him for­ev­er, wondrous in might,
Bless Him, His servants that in His will delight.

Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion,
Most slow to anger, plenteous in love;
Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him,
Boundless and endless as the heav’ns above.

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His love is like a father’s to his children,
Tender and kind to all who fear His name;
For well He knows our weakness and our frailty,
He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame.

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We fade and die like flow’rs that grow in beauty,
Like tender grass that soon will disappear;
But ev­er­more the love of God is changeless,
Still shown to those who look to Him in fear.

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High in the heav’ns His throne is fixed for­ev­er,
His kingdom rules o’er all from pole to pole;
Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion,
Bless His most holy name, O thou my soul.

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