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Text:O God, Be Merciful and Bless
Author:Anonymous
Tune:SIALKOT
Composer:George Coles Stebbins, 1846-1945
Media:MIDI file

4836. O God, Be Merciful and Bless

1. O God, be merciful and bless,
And let us see Thy shining face,
That all the earth may know Thy way,
And all men taste Thy saving grace.
O let the nations praise Thee, Lord,
Let all give thanks with glad accord.

2. O let the nations all be glad
And sing to God with joy and mirth,
For Thou shalt judge with equity
And lead the nations of the earth.
O let the nations praise Thee, Lord,
Let all give thanks with glad accord.

3. The earth has yielded her increase,
And God, yea, our own God, shall bless;
We shall be blest, and all the earth
Shall reverently His name confess.
O let the nations praise Thee, Lord,
Let all give thanks with glad accord.

Text Information
First Line: O God, be merciful and bless
Title: O God, Be Merciful and Bless
Author: Anonymous (1912)
Meter: 88.88.88
Language: English
Source: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 177.
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SIALKOT
Composer: George Coles Stebbins, 1846-1945
Meter: 88.88.88
Incipit: 53215 76516 71432
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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