Stand up and bless the Lord <br />Ye people of His choice; <br />Stand up and bless the Lord your God <br />With heart and soul and voice. <br /> <br />Though high above all praise, <br />Above all blessing high, <br />Who would not fear His holy Name, <br />And laud and magnify? <br /> <br />O for the living flame <br />From His own altar brought, <br />To touch our lips, our minds inspire, <br />And wing to heaven our thought! <br /> <br />There, with benign regard, <br />Our hymns He deigns to hear; <br />Though unrevealed to mortal sense, <br />Our spirits feel Him near. <br /> <br />God is our Strength and Song, <br />And His salvation ours; <br />Then be His love in Christ proclaimed <br />With all our ransomed powers. <br /> <br />Stand up and bless the Lord; <br />The Lord your God adore; <br />Stand up and bless His glorious Name; <br />Henceforth forevermore.<br /><br />James Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stand-up-and-bless-the-lord/
