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:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise with us the God of grace!
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Praise, my soul, the God of heaven |
| Title: | Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven |
| Adapter (vv. 1-3, 5): | Ecumenical Women's Center (1974) |
| Author: | Henry Francis Lyte (1834) |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
| Topic: | God: Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Angels33 more... |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | PRAISE, MY SOUL |
| Composer: | John Goss (1869) |
| Composer (descant): | W. Herbert Belyea (1975) |
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Copyright: | Descant copyright © 1975 Herbert Belyea. |