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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 mirth, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Verse 2
Know that the Lord 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.
This metrical paraphrase of Psalm 100 dates to the Scottish Psalter and remains one of the most widely sung hymns of praise in Christian worship.