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Hymnal Number

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Words by: Henry F. Lyte

Music by: John Goss

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Keys included: D

About this Hymn

For hymn scholar Erik Routley, Psalm 103 "is the most evangelical of the Psalms; in it we see farthest into the New Testament; in it God looks most like Christ." In this way, especially in the first two verses, Henry Lyte has evoked words of grace and forgiveness from the pen of David. As Faith Cook has noted, each round of singing brings a chorus of "Praise him! Praise him!" followed by character attributes of God, who is everlasting, faithful, merciful, changeless, and gracious. This well-loved British hymn is often used on royal and national occasions.

Lyrics

Verse 1
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, to his feet thy tribute bring; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me his praise should sing? Alleluia, alleluia, praise the everlasting King.

Verse 2
Praise him for his grace and favor to our fathers in distress; praise him, still the same forever, slow to chide, and swift to bless. Alleluia, alleluia, glorious in his faithfulness.

Verse 3
Fatherlike, he tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows; in his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes. Alleluia, alleluia, widely as his mercy goes.

Verse 4
Frail as summer's flow'r we flourish— blows the wind and it is gone. But, while mortals rise and perish, God endures unchanging on! Alleluia, alleluia, praise the High Eternal one!

Verse 5
Angels, help us to adore him; ye behold him face to face; sun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and space. Alleluia, alleluia, praise with us the God of grace.

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Attribution & Copyright

Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1834
Music: John Goss, 1868