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Praise Ye the Lord Exalt His Name
HURSLEY-Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1774
Praise Ye the Lord; Exalt His Name
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Praise ye the Lord; exalt his name,
While in his earthly courts ye wait,
Ye saints, that to hi house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.
Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good,
To praise his name is sweet employ:
Israel he chose of old, and still
His church is his peculiar joy.
The Lord himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends:
And when he hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.
Through every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks the oppressor's rod;
He gives his suffering servants rest,
And will be known the almighty God.
Bless ye the Lord who taste his love,
People and priests exalt his name;
Among his saints he ever dwells;
His church is his Jerusalem.