Stand Up and Bless the Lord James Montgomery (1771-1854)

CARLISLE (S.M.) Charles Lockhart (1745-1815)

Stand up and bless the Lord,
   You peo-ple of His choice;
Stand up and bless the Lord your God
   With heart and soul and voice.

Though high a-bove all praise,
   A-bove all bless-ing high,
Who would not fear His ho-ly name,
   And laud and mag-ni-fy?

O for the liv-ing flame
   From His own al-tar brought,
To touch our lips, our minds in-spire,
   And wing to heaven our thought!

God is our strength and song,
   And His sal-va-tion ours;
Then be His love in Christ pro-claimed
   With all our ran-somed powers.

Stand up and bless the Lord
   The Lord your God a-dore;
Stand up and bless His glo-rious name
   Hence-forth for-ev-er-more.