Psalm 136 - 1st Version
        
 ABERDEEN 
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           Short Meter Double (8,7,8,7)
1650 Scottish Psalter
Robert Brown Borthwick, 1840-1894
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 1  Give thanks to God, for good is he:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 2  Thanks to the God of gods give ye:
       for his grace faileth never.
 3  Thanks give the Lord of lords unto:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 4  Who only wonders great can do:
       for his grace faileth never.
 5  Who by his wisdom made heav'ns high:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 6  Who stretched the earth above the sea:
       for his grace faileth never.
 7  To him that made the great lights shine:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 8  The sun to rule till day decline:
       for his grace faileth never.
 9  The moon and stars to rule by night:
       for mercy hath he ever.
10  Who Egypt's first-born killed outright:
       for his grace faileth never.
11  And Isr'el brought from Egypt land:
       for mercy hath he ever.
12  With stretched-out arm, and with strong hand:
       for his grace faileth never.
13  By whom the Red sea parted was:
       for mercy hath he ever.
14  And through its midst made Isr'el pass:
       for his grace faileth never.
15  But Pharaoh and his host did drown:
       for mercy hath he ever.
16  Who through the desert led his own:
       for his grace faileth never.
17  To him great kings who overthrew:
       for he hath mercy ever.
18  Yea, famous kings in battle slew:
       for his grace faileth never.
19  Ev'n Sihon king of Amorites:
       for he hath mercy ever.
20  And Og the king of Bashanites:
       for his grace faileth never.
21  Their land in heritage to have:
       for mercy hath he ever.
22  His servant Isr'el right he gave:
       for his grace faileth never.
23  In our low state who on us thought:
       for he hath mercy ever.
24  And from our foes our freedom wrought:
       for his grace faileth never.
25  Who doth all flesh with food relieve:
       for he hath mercy ever.
26  Thanks to the God of heaven give:
       for his grace faileth never.