Ancient and Modern ‎#673

673. 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 are they whose hopes rely
on Israel's God! He made the sky,
and earth and sea, with all their train:
his truth for ever stands secure;
he saves the 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 labouring 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.

Text Information

• First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
• Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) (alt.)
• Meter: 88 88 88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 146
• Topic: Heaven; Praise; Proper 18: Year B; Providence

Tune Information

• Name: MONMOUTH
• Composer (melody and bass): Gabriel Davis (c. 1768-1824)
• Meter: 88 88 88
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Adapted