Celebrating Grace Hymnal ‎#336

336. I'll Praise My Maker

1 I'll praise my Maker while I've 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 one whose hopes rely
on Israel's God! He made the sky,
and earth, and seas with all their train.
His truth forever stands secure;
He saves th'oppressed, He feeds the poor,
and none shall find His promise vain.

3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind;
He sends the laboring conscience peace.
He helps the stranger in distress,
the widow and the fatherless,
and grants the prisoner sweet release.

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 while I've breath
• Title: I'll Praise My Maker
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Alterer: John Wesley (1727)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Psalm 146
• Topic: The Church at Worship: Praise and Adoration; God-Creator; God-Providence; Praise and Adoration-God

Tune Information

• Name: OLD 113TH
• Composer (attributed to): Matthäus Greiter (1525)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Key: D Major