Blessed Be Your Name was written by Matt and Beth Redman following the September 11, 2001 attacks. In a time of global devastation, they were inspired by Scripture, particularly the book of Job, to compose a song that expressed praise to God in all of lifes circumstances.
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Blessed be Your name, in the land that is plentiful
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Where Your streams of abundance flow, blessed be Your name
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Blessed be Your name, when I'm found in the desert place
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Though I walk through the wilderness, blessed be Your name
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Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
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When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
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Blessed be Your name
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
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Blessed be Your glorious name
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Blessed be Your name, when the sun's shining down on me
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When the world's, "all as it should be", blessed be Your name
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Blessed be Your name, on the road marked with suffering
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Though there's pain in the offering, blessed be Your name
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Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
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When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say