The Fatherly Love of God

Such love

the Lord be- stows on them Who worship Him in fear.

1 Es-tab-lished in the highest heavens The Lord has set His throne,

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And o - ver all His king-dom rules, For He is God

a - lone.

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Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts
That serve the Lord, your King,
And wait His pleasure to perform;
To Him your praises bring.

4 Bless ye the Lord, all ye His works
In His dominion broad,

And, never ceasing, O my soul,
Bless thou the Lord, thy God.

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He for-gives all thy transgressions, Heals thy sicknesses and pains;

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re-deems thee from de-struc- tion, And His love thy life sus-tains.

2 He with tender mercies crowns thee,
Satisfies thy full request,

So that like the tireless eagle

Thou with youth renewed art blessed.
Righteous is the Lord in judgment

Unto all that are oppressed;

To His people He has ever

Made His goodness manifest.

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The Tender Mercies of God

3 Yea, the Lord is full of mercy
And compassion for distress,
Slow to anger and abundant
In His grace and tenderness.
He will not be angry alway,
Nor will He forever chide;
Though we oft have sinned against Him,
Still His love and grace abide.

4 As the heavens are high above us,
Great His love to us has proved;
Far as east from west is distant,
He has all our sins removed.
As a father loves his children,
Feeling pity for their woes,
So the Lord to those who fear Him
Mercy and compassion shows.

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the heavens the Lord Al-might-y Fixed His ev - er

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1 O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Mak-er, And all with in

bless His holy Name; Bless thou the Lord, for get not all His mercies,

Motives to Gratitude

CHORUS

His par-doning grace and saving love pro-claim. Bless Him, ye

won-drous in might, Bless Him, His servants that in His will de - light.

3 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.

4 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.

5 High in the heavens 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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