Prayer of Thanksgiving

Prayer of Thanksgiving

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens, and hastens his will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name; He forgets not his own.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; Thou, Lord, wast at our side; All glory be thine!

We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant, And pray that thou still our defender wilt be. Let thy congregation escape tribulation; Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!

BOOK Hymnal HYMN NUMBER 93

Text: Anon., The Netherlands, ca. 1626; trans. by Theodore Baker, 1851-1934