Now Jehoshaphat was King in Jerusalem a long long time ago When the children of Judah all worshiped the Lord from the high on down to the low And Judah was a wealthy kingdom Everybody's children were fed Because Jehoshaphat studied the Word of the Lord and did everything He said But out the east came an army one day after Jehoshaphat's gold And they were marching right straight to Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat soon was told So he called all the people together and everyone fasted and prayed The Lord God answered the people and He said there's no need for you to be afraid Because the battle is mine tomorrow, it's not yours and it's not the kings And all you've got to do is just stand and watch to see the salvation I bring Just believe that what I told you is exactly what I'm going to do And go out tomorrow against them because the Lord's gonna fight for you Great jumpin' Jehoshaphat The army rose early next morning marched on out with the king Jehoshaphat chose some singers, he told them singers to sing And they praised the beauty of holiness instead of shouting out a battle cry And all the way down to the enemies' camp they sang to the Lord on high They were singing Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord our God His mercy will never end The Lord God set up an ambush He got the enemy all turned around And they started killing each other you know till they all lay dead on the ground And the riches and the jewels that they left behind it took them three whole days to haul The children of Judah all praised the Lord because He saved them one and all They were singing Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord our God His mercy will never end If the parallel's not real obvious now I'll spell it right out for you When you see trouble comin' to rip you off here's all that you need to do Pray to your heavenly father and believe that His Word is true And then step out and shout the salvation of God because He'll win that battle for you And praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord our God His mercy will never end It will never end! Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord for His mercy endures forever and ever Praise ye the Lord our God His mercy will never end