Scripture Verse

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1875.

Music: Al­styne W. How­ard Doane (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

  • Herrnhut (Crü­ger) Paul Crü­ger (1598–1662) (🔊 pdf nwc)
  • Stockton (Trot­ter) G. Trot­ter, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal Sup­ple­ment with Tunes, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1912), num­ber 51 (🔊 pdf nwc)
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W. Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Lyrics

My song shall be of Je­sus;
His mer­cy crowns my days,
He fills my cup with bless­ings,
And tunes my heart to praise;
My song shall be of Je­sus,
The pre­cious Lamb of God;
Who gave Him­self my ransom,
And bought me with His blood.

My song shall be of Je­sus;
When, sit­ting at His feet,
I call to mind His good­ness,
In me­di­ta­tion sweet;
My song shall be of Je­sus,
Whatever ill be­tide;
I’ll sing the grace that saves me,
And keeps me at His side.

My song shall be of Je­sus,
While press­ing on my way
To reach the bliss­ful re­gion
Of pure and per­fect day.
And when my soul shall en­ter
The gate of Ed­en fair,
A song of praise to Je­sus
I’ll sing for­ev­er there.