The Voice of Praise ‎#318

318. God of my life! through all my days

1 God of my life! through all my days
I'll tune the grateful notes of praise;
The song shall wake with opening light,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
The notes of praise ascending high
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all the powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean the thanks I can not speak.

4 But oh! when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to earth no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!

5 Then shall I learn the exalted strains
That echo through the heavenly plains:
And emulate with joy unknown
The glowing seraphs round thy throne.

Text Information

• First Line: God of my life! through all my days
• Author: Doddridge
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Psalm 146
  ;
  Psalm 146:7
• Topic: General Praise; Song of Gratitude and Praise

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