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Praise, My Soul
Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 567 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99 First Line: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet your tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing:
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise the everlasting King.
2 Praise him for his grace and favour
to our forebears in distress;
praise him still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless;
alleluia, alleluia,
glorious in his faithfulness.
3 Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
alleluia, alleluia,
widely as his mercy flows.
4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish;
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on:
alleluia, alleluia,
praise the high eternal one.
5 Angels, help us to adore him;
you behold him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise with us the God of grace.
[Alternative version:]
1 Praise, my soul, the God of heaven;
glad of heart your carols raise;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who, like me, should sing God's praise?
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise the Maker all your days.
2 Praise God for the grace and favour
shown our forebears in distress.
God is still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless;
alleluia, alleluia,
sing our Maker's faithfulness.
3 Like a loving parent caring,
God knows well our feeble frame;
gladly all our burdens bearing,
still to countless years the same.
Alleluia, alleluia,
all within me, praise God's name.
4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish;
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on:
alleluia, alleluia,
praise the high eternal one.
5 Angels, teach us adoration;
you behold God face to face;
sun and moon and all creation,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise with us the God of grace. Topics: Praise of God; Psalm 103; Psalm 103 Used With Tune: PRAISE, MY SOUL
Praise, My Soul
The Lord is King!
Author: Josiah Conder Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 262 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99:1 First Line: The Lord is King! Lift up thy voice Lyrics: 1 The Lord is King! Lift up thy voice,
O earth, and all ye heav'ns, rejoice!
From world to world the song shall ring,
"The Lord omnipotent is King!"
2 The Lord is King! Who then shall dare
resist his will, distrust his care?
Or murmur at his wise decrees,
or doubt his royal promises?
3 The Lord is King! Child of the dust,
the Judge of all the earth is just;
holy and true are all his ways;
let ev'ry creature speak his praise.
4 He reigns! Ye saints, exalt your strains.
Your God is King, your Father reigns,
and Christ is at his Father's side,
the Man of Love, the Crucified.
5 One Lord, one empire, all secures;
he reigns, and heav'n and earth are yours;
through earth and heaven one song shall ring:
"The Lord omnipotent is King!"
Topics: Full of Grace and Truth Used With Tune: CHURCH TRIUMPHANT
The Lord is King!
His Way with Thee
Author: C. S. N. Appears in 262 hymnals Scripture: Psalms 1-150 First Line: Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good Refrain First Line: His power can make you what you ought to be Used With Tune: [Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good]
His Way with Thee
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Author: Ignaz Franz, 18th cent.; Clarence Walworth Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 215 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99 Lyrics: 1 Holy God, we praise Thy name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee;
all on earth Thy scepter claim,
all in heav'n above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
2 Hark, the loud celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising;
cherubim and seraphim
in unceasing chorus praising,
fill the heav'ns with sweet accord:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord.
3 Lo, the apostolic train
join Thy sacred name to hallow;
prophets swell the loud refrain,
and the white-robed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun,
through the church the song goes on.
4 Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, three we name Thee,
while in essence only one,
undivided God we claim Thee,
and adoring bend the knee,
while we sing the mystery. Topics: God the Father, Creator Adoration; Trinity Used With Tune: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
How Great Thou Art
Author: Stuart K. Hine, 1899-1989 Appears in 161 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99:3 First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee Lyrics: 1 O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
consider all the worlds thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Refrain:
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
how great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
how great thou art, how great thou art!
2 When through the woods and forest glades I wander
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze. [Refrain]
3 And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
he bled and died to take away my sin. [Refrain]
4 When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
and there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!" [Refrain] Topics: Adoration Used With Tune: [O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder]
How Great Thou Art
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
Author: Christian Henry Bateman Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 138 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99:9 Lyrics: 1 Come, Christians, join to sing,
alleluia, amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King;
alleluia, amen!
Let all with heart and voice
before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice:
alleluia, amen!
2 Come, lift your hearts on high;
alleluia, amen!
Let praises fill the sky;
alleluia, amen!
Christ is our guide and friend;
to us he'll condescend;
his love shall never end;
alleluia, amen!
3 Praise yet our Christ again;
alleluia, amen!
Life shall not end the strain;
alleluia, amen!
On heaven's blissful shore
his goodness we'll adore,
singing forevermore,
alleluia, amen! Topics: Eternal Life; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ King; Praise of Christ; Elements of Worship Opening of Worship: Called And Gathered; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Used With Tune: MADRID
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
Hail! Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Appears in 72 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99 Lyrics: 1 Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord!
whom One in Three we know;
By all Thy heav'nly host adored,
by all Thy church below,
by all Thy church below.
2 One undivided Trinity
with triumph we proclaim;
Thy universe is full of Thee
and speaks Thy glorious name,
and speaks Thy glorious name.
3 Thee, Holy Father, we confess,
Thee, Holy Son, adore,
Thee, Spirit of truth and holiness,
we worship evermore,
we worship evermore.
4 Thee Persons equally divine
we magnify and love;
And both the choirs ere long shall join
to sing Thy praise above,
to sing Thy praise above.
5 Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord,
our heavenly song shall be;
Supreme, essential One, adored
in co-eternal Three,
in co-eternal Three. Topics: God the Father, Creator Trinity Used With Tune: HAIL HOLY
Hail! Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Meter: Irregular Appears in 70 hymnals Scripture: Psalms 93-99 Lyrics: 1 He’s got the whole world in his hands.
He’s got the whole world in his hands.
He’s got the whole world in his hands.
He's got the whole world in his hands.
2 He’s got the wind and the rain in his hands.
He’s got the wind and the rain in his hands.
He’s got the wind and the rain in his hands.
He's got the whole world in his hands.
3 He’s got the little tiny baby in his hands.
He’s got the little tiny baby in his hands.
He’s got the little tiny baby in his hands.
He’s got the whole world in his hands.
4 He’s got you and me, brother, in his hands.
He’s got you and me, brother, in his hands.
He’s got you and me, brother, in his hands.
He’s got the whole world in his hands.
5 He’s got you and me, sister, in his hands.
He’s got you and me, sister, in his hands.
He’s got you and me, sister, in his hands.
He’s got the whole world in his hands.
6 He’s got everybody here in his hands.
He’s got everybody here in his hands.
He’s got everybody here in his hands.
He’s got the whole world in his hands.
Topics: Children; Creation; God's Power; God's Protection; God's Providence Used With Tune: WHOLE WORLD Text Sources: Traditional
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
Author: Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99 Lyrics: 1 O splendor of God’s glory bright,
from light eternal bringing light,
O Light of light, the fountain spring,
O Day, all days illumining.
2 Come, very Sun of heaven's love,
in lasting radiance from above,
and pour the Holy Spirit's ray
on all we think or do today.
3 Teach us to love with all our might;
drive envy out, remove all spite;
turn to the good each troubling care,
and give us grace your name to bear.
4 All glory be to God Most High;
to God the Son let praises rise;
whom with the Spirit we adore
forever and forevermore. Topics: Daily Prayer Morning; Doxologies; Jesus Christ Light; Time Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS Text Sources: Trans. composite
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
Jesus, on the Mountain Peak
Author: Brian Wren (1936-) Meter: 7.8.7.8 with alleluia Appears in 44 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 99 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, on the mountain peak
stands alone in glory blazing.
Let us, if we dare to speak,
join the saints and angels praising:
alleluia!
2 Trembling at his feet we saw
Moses and Elijah speaking.
All the prophets and the law
shout through them their joyful greeting:
alleluia!
3 Swift the cloud of glory came,
God, proclaiming in its thunder,
Jesus as the Son by name!
Nations, cry aloud in wonder:
alleluia!
4 Jesus is the chosen One,
living hope of every nation.
Hear and heed him, everyone;
sing with earth and all creation:
alleluia! Topics: Transfiguration Used With Tune: MOWSLEY
Jesus, on the Mountain Peak
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