The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4370

4370. My Song Forever Shall Record

1. My song forever shall record
The tender mercies of the Lord;
Thy faithfulness will I proclaim,
And every age shall know Thy name.

2. I sing of mercies that endure,
Forever builded firm and sure,
Of faithfulness that never dies,
Established changeless in the skies.

3. Behold God’s truth and grace displayed,
For He has faithful cov’nant made,
And He has sworn that David’s Son
Shall ever sit upon his throne.

4. For Him My mercy shall endure,
My cov’nant made with him is sure;
His throne and race I will maintain
Forever, while the heav’ns remain.

5. The heavens shall join in glad accord
To praise Thy wondrous works, O Lord;
Thy faithfulness shall praise command
Where holy ones assembled stand.

6. Who in the heavenly dwellings fair
Can with the Lord Himself compare?
Or who among the mighty shares
The likeness that Jehovah bears?

7. With fear and reverence at His feet
God’s holy ones in council meet;
Yea, more than all about His throne
Must He be feared, and He alone.

8. O Thou Jehovah, God of hosts,
What mighty one Thy likeness boasts?
In all Thy works and vast designs
Thy faithfulness forever shines.

9. The swelling sea obeys Thy will,
Its angry waves Thy voice can still;
Thy mighty enemies are slain,
Thy foes resist Thy power in vain.

10. The heavens and earth, by right divine,
The world and all therein, are Thine;
The whole creation’s wondrous frame
Proclaims its maker’s glorious name.

11. Blest be the Lord forevermore,
Whose promise stands from days of yore,
His Word is faithful now as then;
Blest be His name. Amen, Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My song forever shall record
• Title: My Song Forever Shall Record
• Author: Anonymous (1912)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 241
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: WINCHESTER NEW, harmonized by William H. Monk, 1847, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: MARYTON
• Composer: Henry Percy Smith (1874)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 33343 22255 43117
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Church Hymns with Tunes (London: 1874)
• Copyright: Public Domain