O Praise our Great and Gracious Lord [Complete Hymn with Lyrics]

The hymn entitled ‘O Praise our Great and Gracious Lord‘ is one of the popular English hymns which is used in Christian communities during worship. Catholic faithful use this hymn as one of the Communion Hymns for Mass and other liturgical celebrations. You will find below the lyrics of this hymn.

O Praise our Great and Gracious Lord Lyrics

1. O praise our great and gracious, Lord.

and call upon his name,

to strains of joy tune every chord,

His mighty acts proclaim,

tell how He led His chosen race

to Canaan’s promised land

tell how His covenant of Grace

unchanged shall ever stand.

2. He gave the shadowing cloud by day.

The moving fire by night

To guide His Israel in their way.

He made their darkness light.

And have not we a sure retreat,

A Saviour ever nigh,

The same clear light, to guide our feet,

The dayspring from on high.

3. We too have the manna from above,

The bread that came from heaven,

To us the same kind hand of love hath living waters given.

A rock we have, from whence the spring in rich abundance flows,

That rock is Christ, our priest our King,

Who life and health bestows.

4. O let us prize this blessed food,

And trust our heavenly guide,

So shall we find death’s fearful flood,

Seven as Jordan’s tide,

And safely reach that happy safely

The land of peace and rest,

Where angels worship and adore,

In God’s own presence blest.

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