Text: | Psalm 146 |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | NEWCOURT |
Composer: | H. Bond |
1 I'll praise my Maker with my 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 the man, whose hopes rely
On Israel's God;--he made the sky,
And earth, and seas, with all their train:
His truth for ever stands secure;
He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor;
And none shall find his promise vain.
3 He loves his saints--he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell:
Thy God, O Zion! ever reigns;
Let every tongue, let every age,
In this exalted work engage:
Praise him in everlasting strains.
4 I'll praise him while he lends me 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 | |
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First Line: | I'll praise my Maker with my breath |
Title: | Psalm 146 |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1888 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | General Praise |