I wrote this hymn a number of years ago and have now revised it.
Shout Joyfully Unto the Lord
©2006 Mollie Pearce McKibbon
(based on Psalm 98)
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Shout Joyfully unto the Lord,
Break forth in song and praise.
The world and all who dwell in it
Shall celebrate his ways.
For the Lord of mercy and of love
Still calls to you and me
To come within his warm embrace
And evermore be free.
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Our Shield and our Salvation,
Our Lantern and our Bread;
The Lord provides us with our needs
And with his Word we’re fed.
There is no place that we can stray
Beyond our Father’s reach,
And though we stumble into hell,
Its ramparts He will breach.
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The Lord above is Lord always
And evermore shall be.
His right hand and his holy arm
Have gained the victory.
Sing Hallelujah on the harp,
Sound the trumpet and the horn,
For God is God all powerful;
In Him we are reborn.
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Give thanks, give thanks to God always!
What else have we to give?
Our hearts are made for praising Him
And in his Son we live.
For God has given all for us
Through Christ his only son,
The First Fruit of his harvest yield;
Through faith in him we we’re one.
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