Psalm 136 - Second Version

 1  Praise God, for he is kind:
    His mercy lasts for aye.
 2  Give thanks with heart and mind
    To God of gods alway:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

 3  The Lord of lords praise ye,
    Whose mercies still endure.
 4  Great wonders only he
    Doth work by his great pow'r
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

 5  Which God omnipotent,
    By might and wisdom high,
    The heav'n and firmament
    Did frame, as we may see:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

 6  To him who did outstretch
    This earth so great and wide,
    Above the waters' reach
    Making it to abide:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

 7  Great lights he made to be;
    For his grace lasteth aye:
 8  Such as the sun we see,
    To rule the lightsome day:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

 9  Also the moon so clear,
    Which shineth in our sight;
    The stars that do appear,
    To guide the darksome night:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

10  To him that Egypt smote,
    Who did his message scorn;
    And in his anger hot
    Did kill all their first-born:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

11  Thence Isr'el out he brought;
    For his grace lasteth ever.
12  With a strong hand he wrought,
    And stretch'd-out arm deliver:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

13  The sea he cut in two;
    For his grace lasteth still.
14  And through its midst to go
    Made his own Israel:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

15  But overwhelm'd and lost
    Was proud king Pharaoh,
    With all his mighty host,
    And chariots there also:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

16  To him who pow'rfully
    His chosen people led,
    Ev'n through the desert dry,
    And in that place them fed:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

17  To him great kings who smote;
    For his grace hath no bound.
18  Who slew, and spared not
    Kings famous and renown'd:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

19  Sihon the Am'rites' king;
    For his grace lasteth ever:
20  Og also, who did reign
    The land of Bashan over:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

21  Their land by lot he gave;
    For his grace faileth never,
22  That Isr'el might it have
    In heritage for ever:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

23  Who hath remembered
    Us in our low estate;
24  And us delivered
    From foes which did us hate:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.

25  Who to all flesh gives food;
    For his grace faileth never.
26  Give thanks to God most good,
    The God of heav'n, for ever:
       For certainly
       His mercies dure
       Most firm and sure
       Eternally.