Refrain:    All the earth shall worship you, O Lord.

1    Be joyful in God, all the earth;  ♦

sing the glory of his name;

sing the glory of his praise.

2    Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!  ♦

Because of your great strength

your enemies shall bow before you.

3    ‘All the earth shall worship you,  ♦

sing to you, sing praise to your name.’ [R]

4    Come now and behold the works of God,  ♦

how wonderful he is in his dealings with humankind.

5    He turned the sea into dry land;

the river they passed through on foot;  ♦

there we rejoiced in him.

6    In his might he rules for ever;

his eyes keep watch over the nations;  ♦

let no rebel rise up against him. [R]

7    Bless our God, O you peoples;  ♦

make the voice of his praise to be heard,

8    Who holds our souls in life  ♦

and suffers not our feet to slip.

9    For you, O God, have proved us;  ♦

you have tried us as silver is tried.

10  You brought us into the snare;  ♦

you laid heavy burdens upon our backs.

11  You let enemies ride over our heads;

we went through fire and water;  ♦

but you brought us out into a place of liberty. [R]

12  I will come into your house with burnt offerings

and will pay you my vows,  ♦

which my lips uttered

and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

13  I will offer you fat burnt sacrifices

with the smoke of rams;  ♦

I will sacrifice oxen and goats. [R]

14  Come and listen, all you who fear God,  ♦

and I will tell you what he has done for my soul.

15  I called out to him with my mouth  ♦

and his praise was on my tongue.

16  If I had nursed evil in my heart,  ♦

the Lord would not have heard me,

17  But in truth God has heard me;  ♦

he has heeded the voice of my prayer.

18  Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer,  ♦

nor withheld his loving mercy from me.

Refrain:    All the earth shall worship you, O Lord.

How generous is your goodness, O God,

how great is your salvation,

how faithful is your love;

help us to trust you in trial

and praise you in deliverance;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

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