Give Thanks (Shakers)

O give thanks

give thanks un­to the Lord

For He is good

And His mercy en­dur­eth for­ev­er.

To Him which led His peo­ple

Through the wil­der­ness

For He is good

And His mer­cy en­dur­eth for­ev­er.

He turn­èd the wil­der­ness

Into a stand­ing wa­ter

And dry ground into wa­ter springs.

Strengthen ye the weak hands

And con­firm the fee­ble knees

Say to them that are of a fear­ful heart

Be strong

fear not

Behold your God will come

With a re­com­pense.

Then shall the eyes of the blind be op­ened

And the ears of the deaf

Of the deaf un­stopp­èd.

And a high­way shall be there

And it shall be call­èd the way

The way of ho­li­ness

The un­clean shall not pass ov­er it

The un­clean shall not pass ov­er it

But the re­deem­èd of the Lord

Shall walk there­in;

And the ran­somed of the Lord

Shall re­turn and come to Zi­on

To Zi­on with songs

End ev­er­last­ing joy up­on their heads

They shall ob­tain joy and glad­ness

And sor­row and sigh­ing shall flee away.