Common Praise ‎#569b

569b. Sing praise to God who reigns above

1 Sing praise to God who reigns above,
the God of all creation,
the God of power, the God of love,
the God of our salvation;
with healing balm my soul he fills,
and every faithless murmur stills:
to God all praise and glory!

2 The Lord is never far away,
but, through all grief distressing,
an ever-present help and stay,
our peace and joy and blessing;
as with a mother's tender hand
he leads his own, his chosen band:
to God all praise and glory!

3 Thus all my gladsome way along
I sing aloud thy praises,
that all may hear the grateful song
my voice unwearied raises;
be joyful in the Lord, my heart;
both soul and body bear your part:
to God all praise and glory!

Text Information

• First Line: Sing praise to God who reigns above
• Author: Johann Jakob Schütz, 1650-1690
• Translator: Frances Elizabeth Cox, 1812-1897
• Meter: 87 87 88 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Chronicles 16:35
  ;
  Psalm 46:1
  ;
  Psalm 68:10
  ;
  Psalm 115:1
  ;
  Psalm 146:1-2
• Topic: Proper 13: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: MIT FREUDEN ZART
• Meter: 87 87 88 7
• Key: D Major
• Source: Harmonised by editors of Hymns for Church and School, 1964; Later form of melody in the Bohemian Brethren's Kirchengeseng, Berlin, 1566