Our Great Redeemer's Praise ‎#17

17. 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 pow'rs.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
while life, and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.

2 Happy are they whose hopes rely
on Israel's God, who made the sky
and earth and seas, with all their train;
whose truth for ever stands secure,
who saves th'oppressed and feeds the poor,
for none shall find God's promise vain.

3 The Lord pours eye-sight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind
and sends the lab'ring conscience peace.
God helps the stranger in distress,
the widow and the fatherless,
and grants the pris'ner sweet release.

4 I'll praise my God who lends me breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs.
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 While I've Breath
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719, alt.)
• Alterer: John Wesley (1737)
• Meter: 888.888
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2022
• Scripture:
  Psalm 4:4-5
  ;
  Psalm 146
  ;
  Isaiah 61:1-3
  ;
  James 1:17-27
• Topic: God the Father, Creator: Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: OLD 113TH
• Composer (attributed to): Matthäus Greiter (1525)
• Arranger: Richard Torrans (2021)
• Meter: 888.888
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Arr. © 2021 Richard Torrans