Common Praise (1998) ‎#346

346. I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath

1 I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath,
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers;
my days of praise shall ne’er be past
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.

2 Happy are they whose hopes rely
on Israel's God; who made the sky
and earth and seas, with all their train;
whose truth for ever stands secure,
who saves the oppressed, who feeds the poor,
whose promise none shall trust in vain.

3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind;
and sends the labouring conscience peace.
God helps the stranger in distress,
the widow and the fatherless,
and grants the prisoner sweet release.

4 I’ll praise God while I'm granted breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers;
my days of praise shall ne'er be past,
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.

Text Information

• First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
• Title: I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath
• Paraphraser: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
• Adapter: John Wesley (1703-1791) (alt.)
• Meter: 888 888
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 146
  ;
  Deuteronomy 10:12-22
  ;
  Psalm 9
  ;
  Psalm 104
  ;
  Psalm 111
  ;
  Psalm 113
  ;
  Psalm 145
  ;
  Psalm 148
  ;
  Psalm 150
  ;
  Isaiah 35:1-10
  ;
  Isaiah 61:1-11
  ;
  Luke 4:14-21
• Topic: Justice; Praise of God; Psalm 146

Tune Information

• Name: NASHVILLE
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
• Meter: 888 888
• Key: D Major