BLEST BE THE LORD

Intro:  C-D-Bm-Em-Am-D-G

 

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Ant.   Blest be   the Lord,  blest

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          be the Lord.    The God of

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          mercy, the God who saves

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          I shall   not fear   the dark

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          of night.      Nor the arrow

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          that flies by day.

 

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1.   He will release me from the nets of

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      sinful men.      He will protect me

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      from their wicked hands.   Beneath

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      the shadow of His wings I will

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      rejoice.  To find a dwelling place

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      secure. (Ant.)

 

2.   I need not shrink before the terrors of

      the night.  Nor stand alone before the

      light of day. No harm shall come to

      me, no  arrow strikes me down.    

      No evil  settle in my soul. (Ant.)