Rejoice in the Lord ‎#56

56. God Is My Strength! I Bless His Name

1 God is my strength! I bless his name;
the same his pow'r, his grace the same;
the tokens of his friendly care
open and close and crown the year.

2 I 'midst ten thousand dangers stand,
supported by his guardian hand,
and see, when I survey my ways,
ten thousand momuments of praise.

3 Thus far his arm has led me on,
thus far I make his mercy known,
and whle I tread this desert land,
new mercies shall new songs demand.

4 My grateful soul on Jordan's shore
shall raise one sacred pillar more,
then bear in his bright courts above,
inscriptions of immortal love.

Text Information

• First Line: God is my strength! I bless his name
• Title: God Is My Strength! I Bless His Name
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  1 Samuel 7:12
• Topic: Old Year; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Tune Information

• Name: KENT
• Composer: J. F. Lampe (1746)
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major