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^(C1)Give thanks to the LORD, for ^(C2)He is good, For ^(C3)His ^(F1)faithfulness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the ^(C1)God of gods, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the ^(C1)Lord of lords, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

To Him who ^(C1)alone does great ^(F1)wonders, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

To Him who ^(C1)made the heavens ^(F1)(C2)with skill, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

To Him who ^(C1)spread out the earth above the waters, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

To Him who ^(C1)made the great lights, For His faithfulness is everlasting:

The ^(C1)sun to rule ^(F1)by day, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

The ^(C1)moon and stars to rule ^(F1)by night, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

To Him who ^(C1)struck ^(F1)the Egyptians, that is, their firstborn, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And ^(C1)brought Israel out from their midst, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

With a ^(C1)strong hand and an ^(C2)outstretched arm, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

To Him who ^(C1)divided the ^(F1)Red Sea in parts, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And ^(C1)allowed Israel to pass through the midst of it, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

But ^(C1)He ^(F1)overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the ^(F2)Red Sea, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

To Him who ^(C1)led His people through the wilderness, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

To Him who ^(C1)struck great kings, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And ^(C1)brought death to ^(F1)mighty kings, For His faithfulness is everlasting:

^(C1)Sihon, king of the Amorites, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And ^(C1)Og, king of Bashan, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And ^(C1)gave their land as an inheritance, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

An inheritance to His ^(C1)servant Israel, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Who ^(C1)remembered us in our lowliness, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And has ^(C1)rescued us from our enemies, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

Who ^(C1)gives food to all flesh, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the ^(C1)God of heaven, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

By the ^(C1)rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and ^(C2)wept, When we remembered Zion.

Upon the ^(F1)(C1)willows in the midst of it We ^(C2)hung our ^(F2)harps.

For there our captors ^(F1)(C1)demanded of us ^(F2)songs, And ^(C2)our tormentors, jubilation, saying, "Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!"

How can we sing ^(C1)the LORD'S song In a foreign land?

If I ^(C1)forget you, Jerusalem, May my right hand ^(F1)forget its skill.

May my ^(C1)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not ^(F1)(C2)exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

Remember, LORD, against the sons of ^(C1)Edom The day of Jerusalem, Those who said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare ^(C2)To its foundation!"

Daughter of Babylon, you ^(F1)(C1)devastated one, Blessed will be one who ^(C2)repays you With ^(F2)the retribution with which you have repaid us.

Blessed will be one who seizes and ^(C1)dashes your children Against the rock.

^(C1)I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the ^(C2)gods.

I will bow down ^(C1)toward Your holy temple And ^(C2)give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your ^(F1)truth; For You have ^(C3)made Your ^(F2)word great ^(F3)according to all Your name.

On the day I ^(C1)called, You answered me; You made me bold with ^(C2)strength in my soul.

^(C1)All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

And they will ^(C1)sing of the ways of the LORD, For ^(C2)great is the glory of the LORD.

For ^(C1)the LORD is exalted, Yet He ^(C2)looks after the lowly, But He knows the ^(C3)haughty from afar.

Though I ^(C1)walk in the midst of trouble, You will ^(F1)(C2)revive me; You will ^(C3)reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will ^(C4)save me.

The LORD will ^(C1)accomplish what concerns me; Your ^(C2)faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting; ^(C3)Do not abandon the ^(C4)works of Your hands.