I'll Praise My Maker

Authors

Isaac Watts

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Example Text

I'll praise my Maker with my breath...

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Scripture References

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• Genesis 1:1-31
• Deuteronomy 10:12-22; 14:29
• 1 Kings 17:17-24
• 2 Kings 4:42-44
• Psalm 4:4-5; 8:1-9; 9; 63:5; 68:5-6; 72:12-14; 84:12; 100:5; 103:6; 104; 107:9; 111; 124:8; 130:5-8; 135:6; 136:10-24; 149:2; 150
• Psalms 113-114; 145-148
• Proverbs 16:20
• Isaiah 1:17; 25:1-9; 29:19; 35:1-10; 40:21-31; 42:6; 61:1-11
• Hosea 14:3
• Nahum 1:6
• Matthew 15:14; 20:29-34
• Mark 8:22-26; 10:46
• Luke 4:14-21; 7:18-23; 18:35-43
• John 6:37; 9
• James 1:17-27
• 1 John 3:19-22; 4:8

Lyrics

1 I’ll praise my Maker with my breath, and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs; my days of praise shall ne'er be past, while life, and thought, and being last, or immortality endures. 2 Why should I make a man my trust? Princes must die and turn to dust; vain is the help of flesh and blood: their breath departs, their pomp and pow'r, and thoughts all vanish in an hour, nor can they make their promise good. 3 Happy the man whose hopes rely on Israel's God; He made the sky, and earth and seas, with all their train; His truth for ever stands secure; He saves th'oppressed, He feeds the poor, and none shall find His promise vain. 4 The LORD hath eyes to give the blind; the LORD supports the sinking mind; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace, He helps the stranger in distress, the widow and the fatherless, and grants the pris'ner glad release. 5 He loves His saints, He knows them well, but turns the wicked down to hell; thy God, O Zion, ever reigns; let every tongue, let every age, in this exalted work engage; praise Him in everlasting strains. 6 I’ll praise Him while He lends me breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs; my days of praise shall ne'er be past, while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. Source:Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #146

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