- C Soprano Recorder
- F Alto Recorder
- C Tenor Recorder
- F Bass Recorder
- Verse 1
- O praise the Lord, His deeds make known,
- And call upon His Name;
- Sing ye to Him, His praises sing,
- His wondrous works proclaim.
- Verse 2
- Let hearts rejoice that seek the Lord,
- His holy Name adore;
- Seek ye Jehovah and His strength,
- Seek Him for evermore.
- Verse 3
- Ye children of God's covenant,
- Who of His grace have heard,
- Forget not all His wondrous deeds
- And judgments of His word.
- Verse 4
- The Lord our God is God alone,
- All lands His judgments know;
- His promise He remembers still,
- While generations go.
- Verse 5
- While yet our fathers were but few,
- Sojourners in the land,
- He sware that Canaan should be theirs,
- And made His covenant stand.
- Verse 6
- He suffered none to do them wrong
- In all their pilgrim way;
- Yea, for their sake were kings reproved
- And covered with dismay.
- Verse 7
- His stern command restrained their foes
- And filled them with alarm:
- Touch not My own anointed ones,
- Nor do My prophets harm.
- Verse 8
- He wholly broke the staff of bread
- And called for famine sore,
- And He prepared His people's way
- Be sending one before.
- Verse 9
- Then Joseph, sold to slavery,
- With cruel chains was bound;
- Till his prediction came to pass,
- Distress and grief he found.
- Verse 10
- The king released him from his bonds
- And made him rule the land,
- Subjecting chiefs and senators
- To his controlling hand.
- Verse 11
- To Egypt Israel followed then,
- And there grew great and strong,
- Until their friends became their foes
- And did them grievous wrong.
- Verse 12
- God sent His servant Moses then,
- And Aaron, whom He chose;
- Great signs and wonders they displayed
- To terrify their foes.
- Verse 13
- In darkness they were taught to fear
- God's great and holy Name;
- On man and best, on vine and field,
- His awful judgment came.
- Verse 14
- He smote the first-born in the land,
- The chief of all their strength,
- Enriched His people with the spoil
- And brought them forth at length.
- Verse 15
- He led them forth in health and strength,
- None weak in all their band,
- And Egypt, filled with fear, rejoiced
- To see them leave the land.
- Verse 16
- He spread a cloud to cover them,
- Most glorious and bright,
- And made a fiery pillar shine
- To give them light by night.
- Verse 17
- At their request He sent them quails,
- And bread of heaven bestowed;
- and from the rock, to quench their thirst,
- The living waters flowed.
- Verse 18
- His sacred word to Abraham
- He kept, though waiting long,
- And brought His chosen people forth
- With joy and thankful song.
- Verse 19
- The lands and toil of wicked men
- He gave them to possess,
- That they might keep His holy laws;
- Jehovah praise and bless.
- May 28 entry for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Boardman arranged from Lewis Devereux (? - ?) by George Kingsley (1811-1884).
- Lyrics adapted from Psalm CV
- Hymn #200 in The Psalter Hymnal