Come, Ye That Fear the Lord

Come, ye that fear the Lord, and hear
What He has done for me;
My cry for help is turned to praise,
For He has set me free.
Through pain and trouble Thou hast led,
And humbled all our pride,
But, in the end, to liberty
And wealth Thy hand did guide.

If in my heart I sin regard,
My prayer He will not hear;
But truly God has heard my voice,
My prayer has reached His ear.
O let the Lord, our gracious God,
Forever blessèd be,
Who has not turned my prayer from Him,
Nor yet His grace from me.

Here in Thy house I give to Thee
The life that Thou dost bless,
And pay the solemn vows I made
When I was in distress.
O all ye peoples, bless our God,
Aloud proclaim His praise,
Who safely holds our soul in life,
And steadfast makes our ways.

Author: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady

Year: 1696

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 66 from the New Version of the Psalms of David (Tate & Brady, 1696). The provided lyrics are a modernized/adapted form of the original 17th-century text, which begins 'Come, ye that fear the Lord, and hear what he for me has done.' Alternate attribution is sometimes given simply as 'Tate & Brady' or 'from the New Version.'