Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 410. Bless God, my soul; Thou, Lord, alone

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Text:

Bless God, my soul; Thou, Lord, alone

410. Bless God, my soul; Thou, Lord, alone

Full Text

1 Bless God, my soul; Thou, Lord, alone
Possessest empire without bounds,
With honour Thou art crown'd thy throne
Eternal majesty surrounds.

2 With light thou dost Thyself enrobe,
And glory for a garment take;
Heaven's curtains stretch beyond the globe,
Thy canopy of state to make.

3 God builds on liquid air, and forms
His palace-chambers in the skies;
The clouds His chariots are, and storms
The swift-wing'd steeds with which he flies.

4 As bright as flame, as swift as wind,
His ministers heaven's palace fill;
They have their sundry tasks assign'd
All prompt to do their sovereign's will.

5 In praising god while he prolongs
My breath, i will that breath employ;
And join devotion to my songs,
Sincere, as in Him is my joy.