Common Praise #381
| Text: | Praise, My Soul |
| Paraphraser: | Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) |
| Tune: | PRAISE, MY SOUL |
| Composer: | John Goss (1800-1880) |
| Composer (descant): | Gerald Manning (1943-) |
1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet your tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing:
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise the everlasting King.
2 Praise him for his grace and favour
to our forebears in distress;
praise him still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless;
alleluia, alleluia,
glorious in his faithfulness.
3 Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
alleluia, alleluia,
widely as his mercy flows.
4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish;
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on:
alleluia, alleluia,
praise the high eternal one.
5 Angels, help us to adore him;
you behold him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise with us the God of grace.
[Alternative version:]
1 Praise, my soul, the God of heaven;
glad of heart your carols raise;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who, like me, should sing God's praise?
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise the Maker all your days.
2 Praise God for the grace and favour
shown our forebears in distress.
God is still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless;
alleluia, alleluia,
sing our Maker's faithfulness.
3 Like a loving parent caring,
God knows well our feeble frame;
gladly all our burdens bearing,
still to countless years the same.
Alleluia, alleluia,
all within me, praise God's name.
4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish;
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on:
alleluia, alleluia,
praise the high eternal one.
5 Angels, teach us adoration;
you behold God face to face;
sun and moon and all creation,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise with us the God of grace.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Praise, my soul, the King of heaven |
| Title: | Praise, My Soul |
| Paraphraser: | Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Meter: | 87 87 87 |
| Scripture: | Psalm 103; Exodus 15:1-21; 1 Chronicles 29:6-20; Psalm 8; Psalm 32; Psalm 99; Psalm 102; Psalm 106:1-12; Psalm 111; Psalm 145; Isaiah 63:7-9; Tobit 13:1-17; 1 Esdras 4:42-63; Luke 6:17-49; Ephesians 1:3-14 |
| Topic: | Praise of God; Psalm 103 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PRAISE, MY SOUL |
| Composer: | John Goss (1800-1880) |
| Composer (descant): | Gerald Manning (1943-) |
| Meter: | 87 87 87 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Copyright: | Descant © Gerald Manning |