Original Trinity Hymnal Lyrics #1 Psalm 100 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth-tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. The Lord ye know is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. #2 From Psalm 145 God, my King, thy might confessing, Ever will I bless thy name; Day by day thy throne addressing, Still will I thy praise proclaim. Honor great our God befitteth; Who his majesty can reach? Age to age his work transmitteth, Age to age his power shall teach. They shall talk of all thy glory, On thy might and greatness dwell, Speak of thy dread acts the story, And thy deeds of wonder tell. Nor shall fail from memory's treasure Works by love and mercy wrought; Works of love surpassing measure; Works of mercy passing thought. Full of kindness and compassion, Slow to anger, vast in love, God is good to all creation; All his works his goodness prove. All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee; Thee shall all thy saints adore: King supreme shall they confess thee, And proclaim thy sovereign power. #3 From Psalm 117 From all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise: Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; Eternal truth attends thy Word: Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore Till suns shall rise and set no more. Alleluia! #4 All praise to God, who reigns above, The God of all creation, The God of wonders, pow'r, and love, The God of our salvation! With healing balm my soul he fills, The God who every sorrow stills, To God all praise and glory! What God's almighty pow'r hath made His gracious mercy keepeth; By morning dawn or evening shade His watchful eye ne'er sleepeth; Within the kingdom of his might, Lo, all is just and all is right, To God all praise and glory! I cried to him in time of need: Lord God, O, hear my calling! For death he gave me life indeed And kept my feet from falling. For this my thanks shall endless be; O thank him, thank our God, with me, To God all praise and glory! The Lord forsaketh not his flock, His chosen generation; He is their refuge and their rock, Their peace and their salvation. As with a mother's tender hand He leads his own, his chosen band, To God all praise and glory! Ye who confess Christ's holy name, To God give praise and glory! Ye who the Father's power proclaim, To God give praise and glory! All idols under foot be trod, The Lord is God! the Lord is God! To God all praise and glory! Then come before his presence now And banish fear and sadness; To your Redeemer pay your vow And sing with joy and gladness: Though great distress my soul befell, The Lord, my God, did all things well, To God all praise and glory! #5 Mighty God, while angels bless thee, May a mortal sing thy name? Lord of men as well as angels, Thou art every creature's theme. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen. Lord of every land and nation, Ancient of eternal days, Sounded through the wide creation Be thy just and lawful praise. For the grandeur of thy nature, Grand beyond the seraph's thought; For created works of power, Works with skill and kindness wrought. But thy rich, thy free redemption, Dark through brightness all along, Thought is poor, and poor expression, Who dare sing that awful song? Brightness of the Father's glory, Shall thy praise unuttered lie? Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence, Sing the Lord who came to die: From the highest throne in glory, To the cross of deepest woe, All to ransom guilty captives, Flow my praise, for ever flow. #6 Psalm 22:23ff. All ye that fear Jehovah's Name, His glory tell, his praise proclaim; Ye children of his chosen race, Stand ye in awe before his face. The suffering one he has not spurned, Who unto him for succor turned; From him he has not hid his face, But answered his request in grace. O Lord, thy goodness makes me raise Amid thy people songs of praise; Before all them that fear thee, now I worship thee and pay my vow. The Lord's unfailing righteousness All generations shall confess, From age to age shall men be taught What wondrous works the Lord has wrought. #7 Psalm 72:18-19 Now blessed be the Lord our God, The God of Israel, For he alone doth wondrous works In glory that excel. And blessed be his glorious Name To all eternity: The whole earth let his glory fill. Amen, so let it be. #8 Angel voices, ever singing Round thy throne of light, Angel harps, for ever ringing, Rest not day nor night; Thousands only live to bless thee, And confess thee Lord of might. Thou who art beyond the farthest Mortal eye can scan, Can it be that thou regardest Songs of sinful man? Can we feel that thou art near us, And wilt hear us? Yea, we can. Yea, we know thy love rejoices O'er each work of thine; Thou didst ears and hands and voices For thy praise combine; Craftsman's art and music's measure For thy pleasure Didst design. Here, great God, today we offer Of thine own to thee; And for thine acceptance proffer, All unworthily, Hearts and minds, and hands and voices, In our choicest Melody. Honor, glory, might, and merit, Thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Blessed Trinity: Of the best that thou hast given Earth and heaven Render thee. #9 From Psalm 150 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! In his temple God be praised; In the high and heavenly places Be the sounding anthem raised. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! praise Jehovah For his mighty acts of fame; Excellent his might and greatness; Fitting praises then proclaim. Hallelujah! praise Jehovah With the trumpet's joyful sound, Praise with harp and praise with organ, Let his glorious praise abound. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! All that breathe, Jehovah praise; Let the voices God has given Joyful anthems to him raise. #10 From Psalm 103 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 pardoning grace and saving love proclaim. Bless him for ever, 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 heavens above. 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. We fade and die like flowers 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. High in the heavens his throne is fixed for ever, 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. #11 O that I had a thousand voices To praise my God with thousand tongues! My heart, which in the Lord rejoices, Would then proclaim in grateful songs To all, wherever I might be, What great things God hath done for me. O all ye pow'rs that he implanted, Arise, and silence keep no more; Put forth the strength that he hath granted, Your noblest work is to adore. O my soul and body, be ye meet With heartfelt praise your Lord to greet! All creatures that have breath and motion, That throng the earth, the sea, and sky, Now join me in my heart's devotion, Help me to raise his praises high. My utmost pow'rs can ne'er aright Declare the wonders of his might. O father, deign thou, I beseech thee, To listen to my earthly lays; A nobler strain in heaven shall reach thee, When I with angels hymn thy praise And learn amid their choirs to sing Loud hallelujahs to my King. #12 Psalm 135:1-7, 21 Exalt the Lord, his praise proclaim; All ye his servants, praise his name, Who in the Lord's house ever stand And humbly serve at his command. The Lord is good, his praise proclaim; Since it is pleasant, praise his name; His people for his own he takes And his peculiar treasure makes. I know the Lord is high in state, Above all gods our Lord is great; The Lord performs what he decrees, In heaven and earth, in depths and seas. He makes the vapors to ascend In clouds from earth's remotest end; The lightnings flash at his command, He holds the tempest in his hand.