Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Stand up and bless the Lord,
you people of his choice:
stand up and bless the Lord your God
with heart and soul and voice.
2. Though high above all praise,
above all blessing high,
who would not fear his holy name
and praise and magnify?
3. O for the living flame
from his own altar brought,
to touch our lips, our minds inspire,
and wing to heaven our thought!
4. God is our strength and song,
and his salvation ours;
let us proclaim his love in Christ
with all our ransomed powers.
5. Stand up and bless the Lord,
the Lord your God adore;
stand up and bless his glorious name
both now and evermore.
Scriptures: Exodus 15:2, Psalms 118:4, Isaiah 12:2, Psalms 72:19, Isaiah 57:15, 1 Chronicles 29:13, Nehemiah 9:5, Deuteronomy 11:8, Isaiah 6:6-7, Habakkuk 3:19, 2 Corinthians 5:14-19