I thank Thee, Lord, for life,
For Thou has dow­ered me
With gifts of hear­ing, sight and speech,
With mind alert and will that’s free:
Guard all from harm, I do be­seech.

I thank Thee, Lord, for health,
For day by day the joy of life
Runs through my veins with keen de­light,
And I am glad amid its strife:
Keep my tho’ts pure, guide me aright.

I thank Thee, Lord, for strength,
For, as years pass, a full­er sense
Of pow­er to dare and do is mine;
In act­ive limb and mus­cle tense
I feel my strength: let it be Thine.

I thank Thee, Lord, for hope,
What yet shall be I may not know;
The un­seen days will chang­es bring:
But thro’ them all hope’s star shall glow,
And I shall have my song to sing.