Psalm 136 (Tate & Brady)

1 To God, the mighty Lord,

your joyful thanks repeat;

To him due praise afford,

as good as he is great.

For God does prove

our constant friend;

His boundless love

shall never end.

2,3 To him whose wondrous pow'r

all other gods obey,

Whom earthly kings adore,

this grateful homage pay.

For God, &c.

4,5 By his almighty hand

amazing works are wrought;

The heav'ns by his command

were to perfection brought.

For God, &c.

6 He spread the ocean round

about the spacious land;

And made the rising ground

above the waters stand.

For God, &c.

7,8,9 Thro' heav'n he did display

his num'rous hosts of light;

The sun to rule by day,

the moon and stars by night,

For God, &c.

10,11,12 He struck the first-born dead

of Egypt's stubborn land;

And thence his people led

with his resistless hand.

For God, &c.

13,14 By him the raging sea,

as if in pieces rent,

Disclosed a middle way,

thro' which his people went.

For God, &c.

15 Where soon he overthrew

proud Pharaoh and his host,

Who, daring to pursue,

were in the billows lost.

For God, &c.

16,17,18 Thro' deserts vast and wild

he led the chosen seed;

And famous princes foiled,

and made great monarchs bleed.

For God, &c.

19,20 Sihon, whose potent hand

great Ammon's scepter swayed;

And Or, whose stern command

rich Bashan's land obeyed,

For God, &c.

21,22 And of his wondrous grace,

their lands, whom he destroyed,

He gave to Israel's race,

to be by them enjoyed.

For God, &c.

23,24 He, in oar depth of woes,

on us with favor thought,

And from our cruel foes

in peace and safety brought.

For God, &c.

25,26 He does the food supply

on which all creatures live:

To God who reigns on high

eternal praises give.

For God will prove

our constant friend;

His boundless love

shall never end.