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Play “Praise for Spiritual and Temporal Mercies”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Praise for Spiritual and Temporal Mercies (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 7 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1O bless the Lord, my soul!
- Let all within me join,
- And aid my tongue to bless His Name,
- Whose favors are divine.
- 2O bless the Lord, my soul!
- Nor let His mercies lie
- Forgotten in unthankfulness,
- And without praises die.
- 3'Tis He forgives thy sins;
- 'Tis He relieves thy pain;
- 'Tis He that heals thy sicknesses,
- And makes thee strength again.
- 4He crowns thy life with love,
- When ransomed from the grave.
- He that redeemed my soul from death
- Hath sovereign power to save.
- 5He fills the poor with good;
- He gives the sufferers rest;
- The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
- And justice for the opprest.
- 6His wondrous works and ways
- He made by Moses known,
- But sent the world His truth and grace
- By His belovèd Son.
- 7Amen.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Praise for Spiritual and Temporal Mercies page.
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