The Psalter ‎#283

283. Motives to Gratitude

1 O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker,
And all within me, bless His holy Name;
Bless thou the Lord, forget not all His mercies,
His pard'ning grace and saving love proclaim.

Refrain:
Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might,
Bless Him, His servants that in His will delight.

2 Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion,
Most slow to anger, plenteous in love;
Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him,
Boundless and endless as the heav'ns above. [Refrain]

3 His love is like a father's to his children,
Tender and kind to all who fear His Name;
For well He knows our weakness and our frailty,
He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame. [Refrain]

4 We fade and die like flow'rs that grow in beauty,
Like tender grass that soon will disappear;
But evermore the love of God is changeless,
Still shown to those who look to Him in fear. [Refrain]

5 High in the heav'ns His throne is fixed forever,
His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole;
Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion,
Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker
• Title: Motives to Gratitude
• Refrain First Line: Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might
• Meter: 11s and 10s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 103
• Topic: Adoption; Adoration; Angels; Anger of God: Restrained; Christ: Atonement of; Christ: Grace and Love of; Christ: The Saviour; Christ: Worshiped; Christians: Saved by Grace; Comfort in Trials; Contentment; Covenant: Promises; Deliverance: From Sin; Faith: Confession of; Family; God: Adored and Exalted; God: Attributes of; God: Compassion of; God: Fatherhood of; God: Goodness of; God: Kingly Character of; God: Love and Mercy; Gospel: Freeness of; Gospel: Fulness of; Grace: Justifying; Grace: Redeeming; Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of; Lord's Supper; Man: Mortal and Frail; Mercy of God: Great; Pardon: Set Forth; Parents and Children; Praise: By Universe; Praise: Calls to; Praise: For God's Mercy; Praise: For Spiritual Blessings; Praise: For Work of Redemption; Royalty of Christ: Universal Domain of; Salvation: From Sin and Trouble; Thanksgiving: Declared
• Notes: Selected stanzas

Tune Information

• Name: TUNBRIDGE
• Composer: James Walch
• Meter: 11s and 10s
• Key: B♭ Major