The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#573

573. I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath

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 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 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.

AMEN.

Text Information

• First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
• Title: I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Alterer: John Wesley, 1703-1791
• Meter: 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Eternal Life

Tune Information

• Name: OLD 113TH (LUCERNE)
• Arranger: Ernest MacMillan
• Meter: 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: The Strassburg Psalter, 1542