Stand Up and Bless the Lord

Stand up and bless the Lord

Ye peo­ple of His choice;

Stand up and bless the Lord your God

With heart

and soul

and voice.

Though high above all praise

Above all bless­ing high

Who would not fear His ho­ly name

And laud

and mag­ni­fy?

O for the liv­ing flame

From His own al­tar brought

To touch our lips

our minds in­spire

And wing to Heav’n our thought!

There with be­nign re­gard

Our hymns He deigns to hear;

Though un­re­vealed to mor­tal sense

The Spir­it feels Him near.

God is our strength and song

And His sal­va­tion ours;

Then be His love in Christ pro­claimed

With all our ran­somed pow­ers.

Stand up and bless the Lord;

The Lord your God ad­ore;

Stand up and bless His glo­ri­ous name;

Henceforth for­ev­er­more.