O_give_thanks_unto_the_Lord

							                            O Give Thanks Unto the Lord
Ps. 118:1, 8, 9, 14,                                                                                                                          R. Alford
17, 19, 20, 21, 28

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          It is better to trust in the Lord,              than to put any con -              fi -          dence             in               man.

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      It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put any con -                          fi -        dence                  in          princes.

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          The Lord is my strength                                                 and                      my                         song

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          and    is    be-come                  my            sal - va - tion.           I shall not die,               but            live,

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           and de - clare the works                                of                       the                 Lord. (repeat antiphon)




 Open me the gates / of righteousness, * that I may go into them, and give / thanks unto the Lord.
 This is the gate of / the Lord, * the righteous shall / enter into it.
 I will thank thee, for / thou hast heard me, * and art be/come my salvation.
 Thou art my God, and I / will thank thee; * thou art my God, and / I will praise thee. (repeat antiphon)