1. I'll praise my Maker while I've breath,
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.
2. Happy are they whose hopes rely
on Israel's God, who made the sky,
and earth and seas, with all their train.
whose truth for ever stands secure:
who saves th' oppressed, and feeds the poor,
and none shall find God's promise vain.
3. The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind,
and sends the troubled conscience peace.
God helps the stranger in distress,
the widow and the fatherless,
and grants the pris'ner sweet release.
4. I'll praise my God who lends me breath,
and, when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.
I'LL PRAISE MY MAKER WHILE I'VE BREATH
First Line:
I'll praise my Maker while I've breath, and when my voice is lost in death,
Songbook: Our Great Redeemer's Praise
Page Number: 17
Song Key: D
Language: English
Authors: Isaac Watts; alt. John Wesley
Tune Name: OLD 113th
Themes: Adoration
