by Clément Tendo
Leader: 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
ALL: His faithful love endures forever!
2 Give thanks to the God of gods.
AMHARIC: ምሕረቱ ለዘላለም ነውና።
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
ARABIC: لأَنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ.
4 Give thanks to Him who alone does mighty miracles.
SPANISH: Porque para siempre es su misericordia
5 Give thanks to Him who made the heavens so skillfully.
KOREAN: 그 인자하심이 영원함이로다
6 Give thanks to Him who placed the earth among the waters.
UYGHUR: چۈنكى ئۇنىڭ مۇھەببىتى مەڭگۈلۈكتۇر؛
8 Give thanks to Him who made the sun to rule the day,
URDU: اور اُس کی شفقت ابدی ہے۔
9 and the moon and stars to rule the night.
FRENCH: Car sa miséricorde dure à toujours!
23 He remembered us in our weakness.
CHINESE: 他的慈爱永远长存
24 He saved us from our enemies.
INDONESIAN: kasih-Nya kekal abadi.
25 He gives food to every living thing.
SWAHILI: Kwa maana fadhili zake ni za milele.
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven!
ALL: His faithful love endures forever!
by Clément Tendo
Leader: 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
ALL: 1 Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader: 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
ALL: 1 Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader: The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
ALL: 1 Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader: 9 The Lord watches over immigrants;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
ALL: 1 Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
by Clément Tendo
ALL: 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?
LEADER: 4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek:
ALL: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
LEADER: 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his holiness and set me high upon a rock.
ALL: 7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.
LEADER: 8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.
ALL: 13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
LEADER: 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord!
by Clément Tendo
Leader: 1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.
ALL: 2 But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.
Leader: 3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season.
ALL: Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper in all they do.
Leader: 4 But not the wicked!
They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment.
Sinners will have no place among the godly.
ALL: 6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly,
but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
by Clément Tendo
Leader: 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
ALL: 20 This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
Leader: 21 I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
ALL: 22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
Leader: 23 This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
ALL: 24 This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save us, we pray, O Lord!
O Lord, we pray, give us success!
