Praise God, for He Is Kind (Second Version)

1.Praise God, for he is kind:
His mercy lasts for aye.
Give thanks with heart and mind
To God of gods alway:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

2.The Lord of lords praise ye,
Whose mercies still endure.
Great wonders only he
Doth work by his great power:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

3.Which God omnipotent,
By might and wisdom high,
The heav'n and firmament
Did frame, as we may see:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

4.To him who did outstretch
This earth so great and wide,
Above the waters' reach
Making it to abide:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

5.Great lights he made to be;
For his grace lasteth aye:
Such as the sun we see,
To rule the lightsome day:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

6.Also the moon so clear,
Which shineth in our sight;
The stars that do appear,
To guide the darksome night:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

7.To him that Egypt smote,
Who did his message scorn;
And in his anger hot
Did kill all their first-born:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

8.Thence Isr'el out he brought;
For his grace lasteth ever.
With a strong hand he wrought,
And stretched-out arm deliver:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

9.The sea he cut in two;
For his grace lasteth still.
And through its midst to go
Made his own Israel:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

10.But overwhelmed and lost
Was proud king Pharaoh,
With all his mighty host,
And chariots there also:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

11.To him who pow'rfully
His chosen people led,
Ev'n through the desert dry,
And in that place them fed:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

12.To him great kings who smote;
For his grace hath no bound.
Who slew, and spared not
Kings famous and renowned:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

13.Sihon the Am'rites' king;
For his grace lasteth ever:
Og also, who did reign
The land of Bashan over:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

14.Their land by lot he gave;
For his grace faileth never,
That Isr'el might it have
In heritage for ever:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

15.Who hath remembered
Us in our low estate;
And us delivered
From foes which did us hate:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

16.Who to all flesh gives food;
For his grace faileth never.
Give thanks to God most good,
The God of heav'n, for ever:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.