Blessed be the everlasting God,

The Father of our Lord;

Be his abounding mercy praised,

His majesty adored.

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,

And called him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope

That they should never die.

3 What though the first man’s sin requires

Our flesh to see the dust;

Yet, as the Lord our Saviour rose,

So all his followers must.

4 There’s an inheritance divine,

Reserved against that day;

’Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,

And can not fade away!

5 Saints by the power of God are kept,

Till the salvation come;

We walk by faith as strangers here,

Till Christ shall take us home.