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I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath (Verse 1). I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath WORDS: Isaac Watts, 1719; alt. by John Wesley, 1737; alt. 1989 (Ps. 146). 60. 1. I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers.
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I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath(Verse 1) I’ll Praise My MakerWhile I’ve BreathWORDS: Isaac Watts, 1719; alt. by John Wesley, 1737; alt. 1989 (Ps. 146) 60 1. I’ll praise my Makerwhile I’ve breath;and when my voiceis lost in death, praise shall employmy nobler powers.
My days of praiseshall ne’er be past,while life, and thought,and being last,or immortality endures.
I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath (verse 2) 2. Happy are theywhose hopes relyon Israel’s God,who makes the skyand earth and seas,with all their train;
whose truth foreverstands secure,who saves th’ oppressedand feeds the poor,for none shall findGod’s promise vain.
I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath (verse 3) 3. The Lord pours eyesighton the blind;the Lord supportsthe fainting mindand sends the laboringconscience peace.
God helps the strangerin distress,the widow andthe fatherless,and grants the prisonersweet release.
I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath (verse 4) 4. I’ll praise my Godwho lends me breath;and when my voiceis lost in death,praise shall employmy nobler powers.
My days of praiseshall ne’er be past,while life, and thought,and being last,or immortality endures.