Praise the Lord
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w&m: Cesar Franck, 1871
English text by Francesca Falk Miller

[Start]
{Bas} Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, His works are marvelous.
      By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us!
      Alleluia, alleluia.
      Praise the Lord, praise the Lord. His works are marvelous.

{Alt} Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, His works are marvelous.
{Ten} Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, His works are marvelous.
{Bas}            By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us!

{Alt} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.
{Ten} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.
{Bas}        By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us!

{Alt} Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
{Ten} Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
{Bas}   Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

{Alt} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.
{Ten} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.
{Bas}        By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.

[A]
{SATB}
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, His works are marvelous.
By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us!
Alleluia, alleluia.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord. His works are marvelous.
{STB}
Merciful! Merciful!
Is His love now to us.

[B]
{STB}
We shall not die but shall live alway,
and shall extol the works, the works of the Lord.
We shall praise, shall praise the works of the Lord.

[C]
{Sop}        We shall not die, but shall live! We shall
{Alt}                   We shall not die, but shall
{Ten} We shall not die. We shall not die, but shall
{Bas}    We shall not die, but shall live alway. We shall not die but shall

{All} live and tell of the works of the Lord.

[D]
{Sop} Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
{Alt}
{Ten}                     Alleluia, alleluia,
{Bas}

{Sop} Merciful is His love to all His people.
{Alt}
{Ten}           Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
{Bas} Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

{Sop} Alleluia, alleluia.
{Alt} Alleluia, alleluia.
{Ten} Merciful is His love to all His people.
{Bas}

{Sop}           Alleluia, alleluia.
{Alt}           Alleluia, alleluia.
{Ten} Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
{Bas} Merciful is His love to all His people.

[E]
{Sop}           Alleluia, alleluia.
{Ten}             Alleluia, alleluia.
{Bas} Alleluia.     Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,

{Ten}                                          Merciful, merciful.
{Bas} His works are marvelous. Merciful, merciful.

[F]
{Sop} Merciful, merciful, merciful is His love.
{Ten} Merciful, merciful, merciful is His love.
{Bas} Is His love for us.

{Sop} Merciful is His love, is His love to us.
{Alt} Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, His works are marvelous.
{Ten} Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, His works are marvelous.
{Bas} Is His love.                                          for

{Sop} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.
{Ten} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.
{Bas} us.    By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.

{Sop}           Alleluia, alleluia.
{Alt}           Alleluia, alleluia.
{Ten} Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
{Bas} Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

{All} By His grace and His might, He hath exalted us.

[G]
{All} We shall not die but live forever,
      and shall praise, shall praise the works of the Lord.

{Sop} We shall live to praise the works of the Lord.
{Ten} We shall live to praise the works of the Lord.
{Bas} We shall live to praise the works of the Lord.

{Sop}    We shall not die but live alway.
{Ten} We shall not die.
{Bas}               We shall not die but live.

{Sop}    We             shall live and shall praise the works,
{Alt} We shall not die. We shall not die but shall live and praise
{Ten} We shall not die. We shall not die but shall live and praise
{Bas}                   We shall not die but shall live and praise

{Sop} of the Lord, shall praise the works of the Lord,
{Alt}    the works of the Lord. We shall not die
{Ten}    the works of the Lord. We shall not die
{Bas}    the works of the Lord. We shall not die

{Sop}                shall praise the works of the Lord.
{Alt} but live and praise the works         of the Lord.
{Ten} but live and praise the works         of the Lord.
{Bas} but live and praise the works         of the Lord.

[H]
{All} Alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.