We would extol thee

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1.
We would extol thee, ever-blessed Lord.  
Thy holy name forever be adored.
Each day we live to thee our psalm we raise.  
Thou, God and Sovereign, worthy of our praise,
great and unsearchable art all thy ways.

2.
Age shall to age pass on the endless song,
telling the wonders which to thee belong,
thy mighty acts with joy and fear relate.  
Laud we thy glory while on thee we wait,
glad in the knowledge of thy love so great.

3.
Thou, Lord, art gracious, merciful to all,
nigh to thy children when on thee they call.  
Slow unto anger, pitiful and kind,
thou to compassion ever art inclined.  
We love thee with our heart and strength and mind.

Words:  The Psalms of David in Meeter, 1650;
                        alt. by Nichol James Grieve,
                                    The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650: A Revision, 1940
                                            Text copyright © 1940 T & T Clark, Ltd.
   Tune:  Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551;
                        harm. adapt. from Claude Goudimel, Les Pseaumes . . . , 1565

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