1 Give thanks to GOD, He reigns above,
kind are His thoughts, His name is love:
His mercy ages past have known,
and ages long to come shall own.

2 From age to age exalt His name,
God and His grace are still the same:
He fills the hungry soul with food,
and feeds the poor with every good.

3 But if their hearts rebel, and rise
against the God that rules the skies;
if they reject His heav'nly word,
and slight the counsels of the LORD.

4 He'll bring their spirits to the ground,
and no deliv'rer shall be found:
laden with grief they waste their breath
in darkness and the shades of death.

5 Then to the LORD they raise their cries,
He makes the dawning light arise,
and scatters all that dismal shade
that hung so heavy round their head.

6 He cuts the bars of brass in two,
and lets the smiling pris'ner thro';
takes off the load of guilt and grief,
and gives the lab'ring soul relief.

7 O may the sons of men record
the wondrous goodness of the LORD!
How great His works! how kind His ways!
let every tongue pronounce His praise.