#52 - Luton

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• Composer:
  • George Burder (1752-1832), 1774
• Also known as:
  • Praise Ye the Lord! My Heart Shall Join
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• Incipit: 55654321117654343215
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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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  
  • Isaac Watts

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    (1674-1748), 1719