Hymn Book ‎#96

96. In grateful songs your voices raise

1 In grateful songs your voices raise,
All people here below,
To Him whom angels ever praise,
In heaven His glory show.

2 With gladsome songs now fill the air
To God, our chiefest joy,
Who worketh wonders everywhere,
Whose hands great things employ;

3 Who from our birth to latest years
Upholds the life He gave;
Who, when no help from man appears,
Himself appears to save;

4 Who, though our sin His heart oft grieves,
Long-suffering grace still shows,
Remits the pain, our guilt forgives,
And every good bestows.

5 O may He fill our hearts with cheer,
Our minds from sorrow keep,
And cast all care, pain, grief, and fear
Into the ocean deep.

6 Upon His own loved israel
His peace forever rest!
Our toil His bounty prosper well!
May all by Him be blessed.

7 His loving kindness toward us flow
In bounteous streams each day,
And every anxious care we know,
Be chased by Him away.

8 As long as here on earth we dwell,
Our Saviour may He be,
Our portion, 'mid death's terrors fell,
To all eternity.

9 And when in death our hearts shall break,
O may He close our eyes,
And let us to new life awake
In mansions of the skies.

Text Information

• First Line: In grateful songs your voices raise
• Author: P. Gerhardt
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Praise and Thanksgiving

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