Praise the Eternal With a Psalm

Words: anonymous, based on Psalm 81:1-4, 8-9, 7, 10, 11, 13, 1-4

Music:    Dwight Armstrong
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 1.  Praise the Eternal with a Psalm; 
        sing to the God of Jacob
     Raise the chorus, make a joyful noise;
        bring out the harp and timbrel.
     Blow on the trumpet, sound the drum,
        On our solemn feast day;
     This is a statute and a law
        which God has ordained for Isr'el.

 2.  "Hear, O my people, hear my voice; 
        I will admonish Isr'el;
     You shall have no other foreign gods;
        I am the God who freed you.
     When you were troubled you did call;
        I delivered Isr'el."
     God answer'd in the secret place;
        with thunder He did command them.

 3.  "I am the God who brought you out,
        out from the land of Egypt;
     Hear, O Isr'el, open wide your mouth;
        I surely then will fill it."
     But Israel would not heed God;
        they would have their own ways;
     O, if they only had obeyed, 
        their God would have surely freed them.

 4.  Praise the Eternal with a Psalm; 
        sing to the God of Jacob
     Raise the chorus, make a joyful noise;
        bring out the harp and timbrel.
     Blow on the trumpet, sound the drum,
        On our solemn feast day;
     This is a statute and a law
        which God has ordained for Isr'el.  

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