Text: | Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise |
Author: | Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | ZEUNER'S CHANT |
Composer: | Heinrich Christopher Zeuner, 1795-1857 |
1 Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise
Your hearts and voices in His praise;
His nature and His works invite
To make this duty our delight.
2 He formed the stars, those heavenly flames,
He counts their numbers, calls their names;
His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound,
A deep where all our thoughts are drowned.
3 Sing to the Lord; exalt Him high,
Who spreads His clouds along the sky;
There He prepares the fruitful rain,
Nor lets the drops descend in vain.
4 He makes the grass the hills adorn,
And clothes the smiling fields with corn;
The beasts with food His hands supply,
And the young ravens when they cry.
5 What is the creature's skill or force?
The sprightly man, or warlike horse?
The piercing wit, the active limb?
All are too mean delights for Him.
6 But saints are lovely in His sight,
He views His children with delight;
He sees their hope, He knows their fear,
And looks and loves His image there.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise |
Author: | Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Godhead: Creation and Providence; Creation: By God; Works of God(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ZEUNER'S CHANT |
Composer: | Heinrich Christopher Zeuner, 1795-1857 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | C Major |