Scripture Verse

I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spi­ri­tu­al Songs, se­cond edi­tion, 1709, Book 3, num­ber 38 (orig­in­al­ly, I Give Im­mor­tal Praise).

Music: Sam­uel (Sul­li­van) Ar­thur S. Sul­li­van, 1874 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

We give im­mor­tal praise
To God the Fa­ther’s love,
For all our com­forts here,
And bet­ter hopes above;
He sent His own eter­nal Son,
To die for sins that man had done.

To God the Son be­longs
Immortal glo­ry too,
Who bought us with His blood
From ev­er­last­ing woe:
And now He lives, and now He reigns,
And sees the fruit of all His pains.

To God the Spi­rit’s name
Immortal wor­ship give,
Whose new-cre­at­ing pow­er
Makes the dead sin­ner live;
His work com­pletes the great de­sign,
And fills the soul with joy di­vine.

Almighty God, to Thee
Be end­less hon­ors done,
The un­di­vid­ed Three,
And the mys­te­ri­ous One:
Where rea­son fails, with all her pow­ers,
There faith pre­vails, and love adores.