Hymn

O Be Joyful in the Lord

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:

serve the Lord with gladness and come before His presence with a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord He is God:

it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise:

be thankful unto Him, and speak good of His Name.

For the Lord is gracious His mercy is everlasting:

and His truth endureth from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son:

and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be:

world without end.

O Be Joyful in the Lord — Text from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-be-joyful-in-the-lord

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