The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4230

4230. My God, My King, Thy Praise I Sing

1. My God, my King, Thy praise I sing,
My heart is all Thine own;
My highest powers, my choicest hours,
I yield to Thee alone.

2. My voice awake, thy part to take;
My soul, the concert join;
Till all around shall catch the sound,
And mix their hymns with mine.

3. But man is weak Thy praise to speak;
Your God, ye angels, sing;
’Tis yours to see, more near than we,
The glories of our King.

4. His truth and grace fill time and space;
As large His honors be
Till all that live their homage give
And praise my God with me.

Text Information

• First Line: My God, my King, Thy praise I sing
• Title: My God, My King, Thy Praise I Sing
• Author: Henry Lyte (1833)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems Chiefly Religious, 1833 & 1845
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternte tune: MARLOW, John Chetham, Book of Psalmody, 1718

Tune Information

• Name: NATURE'S VOICE
• Composer: Henry Coward (1889)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 56754 33276 72617
• Key: G Major
• Source: The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889), page 41
• Copyright: Public Domain