O Give the Lord Wholehearted Praise first appeared in W. Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies in 1815.
O give the LORD wholehearted praise. / To him thanksgiving I will bring;
with all his people I will raise / my voice and of his glory sing.
His saints delight to search and trace / his mighty works and wondrous ways.
Majestic glory, boundless grace, / and righteousness his work displays.
God’s wondrous deeds of faithfulness / his people ever keep in mind.
His works of love and graciousness / reveal that God the LORD is kind.
God’s promise shall forever stand; / he cares for those who trust his word.
Upon his saints his mighty hand / the wealth of nations has conferred.
His works are true and just indeed; / his precepts are forever sure.
In truth and righteousness decreed, / they shall forevermore endure.
From God his saints’ redemption came; / his covenant sure no change can know.
Let all revere his holy name / in heaven above and earth below.
In reverence and in godly fear / we find the key to wisdom’s ways;
the wise his holy name revere. / Through endless ages sound his praise!
Church Calendar: Harvest/Thanksgiving
Hymn tune: GERMANY
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