Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
Topic: God/Benevolence of
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Hugh Bond
Meter: LPM
Tune: Newcourt
Hymn Number: 32
Page Number: 018, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI'LL praise my Maker while I've breath,
And when my voice is lost in death
Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
And immortality endures.
Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God: He made the sky,
And earth, and seas, with all their train.
His truth forever stands secure;
He saves th' oppress'd, He feeds the poor,
And none shall find His promise vain.
The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
The Lord supports the fainting mind;
He sends the lab'ring conscience peace;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,
And grants the pris'ner sweet release.