Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Laudes Domini #21 (1890) First Line: I'll praise my Maker with my breath Lyrics: 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.
Topics: General Praise; Future Punishment; God Attributes; God Supremacy; God Truth; Opening of Service; Praise; Promises; Future Punishment; God Attributes; God Supremacy; God Truth; Opening of Service; Praise; Promises Languages: English Tune Title: NEWCOURT
Psalm 146