“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.” — Psalm 41:13 · KJV
Psalm 41 ends Book I of the Psalter with the same word every book of Psalms closes with: Amen. And in that one book it says it twice, for emphasis: Amen and Amen. This stripped-acoustic hymn is the last of the First 33 — one finger-picked guitar, one close voice, and a household saying yes to everything God has said.
“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.” Psalm 41:13 · KJV
Companion passages: Revelation 22:20-21 ("Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus") · 2 Corinthians 1:20 ("all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen") · Nehemiah 8:6 ("all the people answered, Amen, Amen") · Psalm 72:18-19 ("Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel...Amen, and Amen").
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The Christian Amen is not a punctuation mark; it is a signature. When the household says Amen, we are signing our name at the bottom of God's own promises — agreeing that they are true, agreeing that we will live by them. The last of the First 33 hymns ends the way every household evening ought to end: Amen and Amen, blessed be his name.
O Lord who was and is and is to come, we sign our Amen at the bottom of thy Word. Amen for the mercies past. Amen for the mercies to come. Amen for this household gathered under thy roof tonight. Amen for the way home. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen and Amen.
Read Psalm 41:13 aloud as the household's morning signature. Sing Verse 1 in agreement.
Sing the Bridge slowly. Let 'Amen and Amen' be the last words of the household before sleep.
Teach the children what Amen means — 'yes, so let it be.' Sing Verse 3 together and end with a firm Amen spoken by all.