Common Praise ‎#473

473. 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! He made the sky,
and earth and sea, 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 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind;
he sends the labouring conscience peace;
he helps the stranger in distress,
the widow and the fatherless,
and grants the prisoner sweet release.

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

• First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.)
• Meter: 88 8 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Deuteronomy 10:18
  ;
  Genesis 1:6-10
  ;
  James 1:27
  ;
  Luke 4:18
  ;
  Psalm 103:6
  ;
  Psalm 104:33
  ;
  Psalm 107:9
  ;
  Psalm 146
• Topic: Proper 18: Year B; Proper 23: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: MONMOUTH
• Composer: Gabriel Davis, d. 1824 (adapt.)
• Meter: 88 8 D
• Key: E Major