Laudes Domini ‎#21

21. Psalm 146

1 I'll praise my Maker with my 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 the man, whose hopes rely
On Israel's God; he made the sky,
And earth, and seas, 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 He loves his saints he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell;
Thy God, O Zion! ever reigns;
Let every tongue, let every age,
In this exalted work engage:
Praise him in everlasting strains.

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 with my breath
• Title: Psalm 146
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: General Praise; Future Punishment; God: Attributes; God: Supremacy; God: Truth; Opening of Service; Praise; Promises

Tune Information

• Name: NEWCOURT
• Composer: H. Bond
• Meter: L. P. M.
• Key: F Major or modal