Text: | O praise the Lord! His name extol |
Author: | Johann Olearius |
Tune: | VARINA |
Arranger: | George F. Root |
Composer: | Johann Christian Rinck, 1770-1846 |
1 O praise the Lord! His name extol,
The God of skill and might;
Who formed my body, breathed my soul,
And gave me life and light--
My Father, whose paternal care,
To me from childhood shown,
Exceeds my effort to declare,
Exceeds what I have known.
2 O praise the Lord! adore His grace,
My God, my only trust,
The Son, who, loving our lost race,
United with our dust--
My Savior, who for me has given
His all-atoning blood,
To raise me up from earth to heav'n,
From wretchedness to God.
3 O praise the Lord! the Holy One,
My God who seals my peace,
Sent by the Father and the Son
To guide me home to bliss--
The Comforter, whose quick'ning power
Assists me day by day,
Whose counsels, in the darkest hour,
My trembling spirit stay.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O praise the Lord! His name extol |
Author: | Johann Olearius (1671) |
Meter: | C. M. Double. No. 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Trinity |
Source: | Tr. Anon. Ohio Synod Hymnal, 1858 |
Notes: | From the German text: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VARINA |
Composer: | Johann Christian Rinck, 1770-1846 |
Arranger: | George F. Root (1848) |
Meter: | C. M. Double. No. 8 |
Key: | E♭ Major |