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All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Verse 1
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Verse 2
The Lord ye know is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His folk, He doth us feed;
And for His sheep He doth us take.
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His folk, He doth us feed;
And for His sheep He doth us take.
Verse 3
O enter, then, His gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always,
For it is seemly so to do.
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always,
For it is seemly so to do.
Verse 4
For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
Kethe's metrical version of Psalm 100, one of the most widely sung Protestant hymns.