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Hymn: O bless the Lord my soul (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: O bless the Lord my soul

Topic: God/In Providence

Writer: <no first name given> Watts

Composer:

Meter: SM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 93

Page Number: 058, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O bless the Lord, my soul!

Let all within me join,

And aid my tongue to bless his name

Whose favors are divine.



O bless the Lord, my soul!

Nor let his mercies lie

Forgotten in unthankfulness,

And without praises die.



'T is he forgives thy sins;

'T is he relieves thy pain;

'T is he that heals thy sicknesses,

And gives thee strength again.



He crowns thy life with love,

When rescued from the grave,

He, that redeem'd our souls from death,

Hath boundless power to save.



He fills the poor with good;

He gives the suff'rers rest.

The Lord hath justice for the proud,

And mercy for the oppress'd.



His wondrous works and ways 

He made by Moses known;

But sent the world hi truth and grace 

By his beloved Son.