Common Praise (1998) ‎#348

348. The Living God Be Praised

1 The living God be praised!
Give honour to God's name,
who was, and is, and is to be,
for aye the same;
the one eternal God
ere all that now appears,
the First, the Last, beyond all thought
God's timeless years!

2 Without a form is God,
nor can we comprehend
the measure of God's love for us
without an end.
For God is Lord of all,
creation speaks God's praise;
the human race and all that lives
God's will obeys.

3 God's Spirit floweth free,
high surging where it will;
in prophet's word God spoke of old
and speaketh still.
Established is God's law
and changeless it shall stand,
inscribed upon the human heart
in every land.

4 Eternal life hath God
implanted in the soul;
God's love shall be our strength and stay
while ages roll.
The living one be praised!
Give honour to God's name,
who was, and is, and is to be,
for aye the same.

Text Information

• First Line: The living God be praised
• Title: The Living God Be Praised
• Translator: Max Landsberg (1845-1928) (alt.)
• Translator: Newton Mann (1836-1926) (alt.)
• Author: Daniel ben Judah (1400?)
• Meter: 66 84D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: Adoration; Covenant; Gathering of the Community; Praise of God

Tune Information

• Name: LEONI
• Transcriber: Meier Leon (1751-1797)
• Transcriber: Thomas Olivers (1725-1799)
• Meter: 66 84D
• Key: e minor
• Source: Yigdal trad.; harm. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875, alt.