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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *George Burder (1752-1832), 1774
  *Also known as:
    *Praise Ye the Lord! My Heart Shall Join
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join\\
In work so pleasant, so divine;\\
Now, while the flesh is mine abode,\\
And when my soul ascends to God.\\
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Praise shall employ my noblest powers,\\
While immortality endures;\\
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,\\
While life, and thought, and being last.\\
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Why should I make a man my trust?\\
Princes must die and turn to dust;\\
Their breath departs, their pomp, and power,\\
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour.\\
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Happy the man whose hopes rely\\
On Israel's God; He made the sky,\\
And earth, and seas, with all their train,\\
And none shall find His promise vain.\\
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His truth forever stands secure;\\
He saves th'oppressed, He feeds the poor;\\
He sends the laboring conscience peace,\\
And grants the prisoner sweet release.\\
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The Lord hath eyes to give the blind;\\
The Lord supports the sinking mind;\\
He helps the stranger in distress,\\
The widow and the fatherless.\\
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He loves his saints, He knows them well,\\
But turns the wicked down to hell:\\
Thy God, O Zion! ever reigns;\\
Praise Him in everlasting strains.\\
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    *++Isaac Watts|{{search>"Isaac Watts" @cobs}}++ (1674-1748), 1719