The Psalter with Responsive Readings

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Divine Grace and Compassion

PSALM 145 L. M.

NAZARETH

Theodore E. Perkins

1 The Lord up-holds the fal-tering feet And makes the weak securely stand;

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The burdened ones, bowed down with grief, Are helped by His most gra-cious hand.

The eyes of all up on Thee wait; By Thee their wants are

all sup-plied;

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PSALM 145 7, 6s, 8

The Excellency of God

ST. LOUIS

Lewis H. Redner

Great is the Lord and might - y, And highly to be praised;

2 To every generation

Thy glory shall be told,

Thy honor and Thy majesty
In memory I will hold;
Thy mighty power and greatness
Shall all mankind confess,
And tell the story of Thy love,

And sing Thy righteousness.

3 The Lord is very gracious

And most compassionate; His anger is most slow to rise, His mercy is most great;

On all His helpless creatures

His tender mercies rest;

By all His works He shall be praised, By all His saints be blest.

4 The glory of His kingdom

Proclaimed abroad shall be,

That all may know His mighty deeds And glorious majesty;

His kingdom is eternal,

His throne shall stand secure, And His dominion without end Through ages shall endure.

I will sing the glorious prais - es Of my God through all my days.

2 Put no confidence in princes,
Nor for help on man depend;
He shall die, to dust returning,
And his purposes shall end.

3 Happy is the man that chooses
Israel's God to be his aid;
He is blest whose hope of blessing
On the Lord his God is stayed.

4 Heaven and earth the Lord created,
Seas and all that they contain;
He delivers from oppression,
Righteousness He will maintain.

5 Food He daily gives the hungry,
Sets the mourning prisoner free,
Raises those bowed down with anguish,
Makes the sightless eyes to see.

6 Well Jehovah loves the righteous,
And the stranger He befriends,
Helps the fatherless and widow,
Judgment on the wicked sends.

7 Over all God reigns forever,

Through all ages He is King;
Unto Him, thy God, O Zion,
Joyful hallelujahs sing.

Yea, I will sound His praise a-broad And ev - er bless the Lord, my God.

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