Hymn 23 Blessed Is the Nation God Is For

Hymn 23 Blessed Is the Nation God Is For

Verse 1 Blessed is the nation God is for, and the people He has chosen;

For God looks down from heav’n above, and He beholds all nations.

From His place above He looks on all; He sees their ev’ry doing;

He sees their sin, He sees their works; He beholds all of those who fear Him.

Verse 2 O you righteous in the Lord, rejoice, songs of praise befit the upright;

Play skillfully upon the strings, sing to Him a joyful new song.

For the Word of God is right and just, all His works are true and faithful;

His loving-kind-ness fills the earth, for He loves righteousness and justice.

Verse 3 By the Word of God the heav’ns were made, waters of the sea He gathered.

In storage places laid the deeps, let all the earth revere Him.

Let the people stand in awe of Him, for He spoke and earth existed.

When He commanded it stood fast; by His word were the heav’ns created.

Last Verse Kings will not be saved by armies great, nor a mighty man delivered;

Not one is saved by his own strength, nor by some other power.

But the eyes of God are on the just, those who fear and worship Him;

Who wait for Him, who hope for Him, those who trust in the God of Isr’el.