Psalms for All Seasons ‎#116B

116B. What Shall I Render to the LORD

1 What shall I render to the LORD
for all his benefits to me?
How shall my life, by grace restored,
give worthy thanks, O LORD, to thee?

2 Salvation's cup of blessing now
I take and call upon God's name.
Before his saints I pay my vow
and here my gratitude proclaim.

3 His saints the LORD delights to save;
their death is precious in his sight.
He has redeemed me from the grave,
and in his service I delight.

4 With thankful heart I offer now
my gift and call upon God's name.
Before his saints I pay my vow
and here my gratitude proclaim.

5 Within his house, the house of prayer,
I dedicate myself to God.
Let all his saints his grace declare
and join to sound his praise abroad.

Text Information

• First Line: What shall I render to the LORD
• Title: What Shall I Render to the LORD
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 116
• Topic: Affliction; Atonement; Biblical Names and Places: Jerusalem; Church Year: All Saints' Day; Church Year: Baptism of the Lord; Church Year: Easter; Church Year: Maundy Thursday; Commitment; Darkness; Despair; Discipleship; Doubt; Elements of Worship: Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship: Praise and Adoration; Elements of Worship: Testimony; Fear; Freedom; God: Obedience to; God: Trust in; God's: Word; God's: Forgiveness; God's: Goodness; God's: Love; God's: Name; God's: People (flock, sheep); God's: Promises; Grace; Gratitude; Grave; Guilt; Jesus Christ: Incarnation; Life Stages: Death; Loneliness; Love for God; Mercy; Occasional Services: Dedication to Discipleship; Offering of Sacrifice; Prayer: Answer to; Prayer; Rejoicing; Remnant of Isarel; Rest; Sorrow; Suffering; The Fall; The Incarnation; Vows; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday; Year A, Easter, 3rd Sunday; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 12-18 (if ater Trinity Sunday); Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 11-17
• Source: Psalter, 1912, alt.
• Notes: This setting of vv. 12-19 is particularly appropriate when celebrating the Lord’s Supper.

Tune Information

• Name: ROCKINGHAM
• Adapter: Edward Miller, 1731-1807 (1790)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Key: D Major
• Source: Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature,, ca. 1780