3. S. M. Montgomery.
Exhortation to Praise.
1Stand up and bless the Lord,
Ye people of his choice;
Stand up, and bless the Lord your God,
With heart, and soul and voice.
2Though high above all praise,
Above all blessing high,
Who would not fear his holy name,
And laud and magnify?
3O for the living flame
From his own altar brought,
To touch our lips, our minds inspire,
And wing to heaven our thought!
4There, with benign regard,
Our hymns he deigns to hear;
Though unrevealed to mortal sense,
The spirit feels him near.
5Stand up and bless the Lord,
The Lord your God adore;
Stand up and bless his glorious name,
Henceforth for evermore.