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It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises

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It is good to sing Thy praises

Tune: ELLESDIE
Published in 28 hymnals

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1 It is good to sing Your praises
and to thank You, O Most High,
showing forth Your lovingkindness
when the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling,
of Your faithfulness to tell,
while with sweet, melodious praises
songs of adoration swell.

2 You have filled our hearts with gladness
at the works Your hands have wrought;
You have made our lives victorious;
great Your works and deep Your thought.
You, O LORD, on high exalted,
reign forevermore in might;
all Your enemies shall perish,
sin be banished from Your sight.

3 But the good shall live before You,
planted in Your dwelling place,
fruitful trees and ever verdant,
nourished by Your boundless grace.
In His goodness to the righteous,
God His righteousness displays;
God, my Rock, my Strength and Refuge,
just and true are all Your ways.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #92

Text Information

First Line: It is good to sing Thy praises
Title: It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Scripture References:
st. 1 = Ps. 92:1-3
st. 2 = Ps. 92:4-11
st. 3 = Ps. 92: 12-15

This versification is a poetic summary of Psalm 92 that derives from the 1912 Psalter with minor alterations. See PHH 92 for textual commentary on Psalm 92.

Liturgical Use:
See PHH 92.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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ELLESDIE


BLAENWERN

Composed by William Penfro Rowlands (b. Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1860; d. Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1937) during the Welsh revival of 1904-1905, BLAENWERN was published in Henry H. Jones's Cân a Moliant (1915). The tune's name refers to a farm in Pembroke shire where Rowlands conval…

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