Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Text: Joachim Neander

Music: Erneuerten Gesangbuch

Copyright: Public Domain
Main Subject: Praise
Scripture: Psalm 150:1-2

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               1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
                  O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
                  All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
                  Praise Him in glad adoration.
                  
                  Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,
                  Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
                  Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been
                  Granted in what He ordaineth?
                  
                  Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
                  Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee;
                  Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
                  If with His love He befriend thee.
                  
                  Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their warfare are waging,
                  Who, when the elements madly around thee are raging,
                  Biddeth them cease, turneth their fury to peace,
                  Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.
                  
                  Praise to the Lord, who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
                  Who, when the godless do triumph, all virtue confounding,
                  Sheddeth His light, chaseth the horrors of night,
                  Saints with His mercy surrounding. 
               2. Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
                  All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him;
                  Let the Amen sound from His people again,
                  Gladly for aye we adore Him.
                  

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Text: Thomas O. Chisholm

Music: William M. Runyan

Copyright:  © 1923 renewed 1951 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188
Main subject: Praise, Faithfulness
Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23

English lyrics to this popular hymn cannot be published here due to copyright restrictions. Details of the copyright statement can be viewed here. A Tagalog translation is presented here instead. The original translator, however, is unknown to this blogger.


O Dios naming Ama laging tapat
Hindi nagbabago sa twi-twina
Namamalagi ang awa’t pagsinta
Ang katapatan Mo’y walang hanggan

CHORUS
Tunay Kang matapat!
Tunay Kang matapat!
Araw-araw aking namamalas
Ang nasa ko ay aking natanggap
Tunay Kang matapat
Hanggang wakas

Tag-ani, tag-ulan at sa tag-araw
B’wan, araw, at bituin kumikinang
Nag-aawitan na may kasiyahan
Katapatan Mo O Dios ay tunay

Kapatawaran at kapayapaan
Mga pangako Mong umakbay
Ang pag-asa’t lakas ay sumisilang
Ang lahat na ito’y kaloob lamang

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How Great Thou Art

Text: Carl Boberg in Swedish
Translated into English by Stuart K. Hine

Copyright: Original copyright owned by Suart K. Hine, 1941. Renewed 1981 by Manna Music, Inc. ARR UBP of Manna Music, Inc. (35255 Brooten Road, Pacific City OR 97135)

Main subject: Praise

Scripture: Psalm 8

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Refrain:
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee:
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:
(Repeat Refrain.)

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:
(Repeat Refrain.)

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
(Repeat Refrain.)

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O Happy Day

Text: Philip Doddridge

Music: Anonymous, refrain attributed to Edward F. Rimbault
Tune: Happy Day

Copyright: Public Domain
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 15:12-14

O happy day, that fixed my choice
on thee, my Savior and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
and tell its raptures all abroad.

Refrain:
Happy day, happy day,
when Jesus washed my sins away!
He taught me how to watch and pray,
and live rejoicing every day.
Happy day, happy day,
when Jesus washed my sins away!

O happy bond, that seals my vows
to him who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill his house,
while to that sacred shrine I move.
(Refrain)

It's done: the great transaction's done!
I am the Lord's and he is mine;
he drew me and I followed on,
charmed to confess the voice divine.
(Refrain)

Now rest, my long-divided heart,
fixed on this blissful center, rest.
Here have I found a nobler part;
here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.
(Refrain)

High heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
that vow renewed shall daily hear,
till in life's latest hour I bow
and bless in death a bond so dear.
(Refrain)

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Text: Henry J. Van Dyke

Copyright: Public Domain

Hymn To Joy

Ludwig van Beethoven

Arranged by: Edward Hodges, 1824

Main subject: Praise

Scripture: Psalm 71:3

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               The Plum Blossoms
               Henri Matisse, 1948

               1. Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
                  God of glory, Lord of love;
                  Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
                  Op’ning to the sun above.
                  Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
                  Drive the dark of doubt away;
                  Giver of immortal gladness,
                  Fill us with the light of day!
               2. All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
                  Earth and heav’n reflect Thy rays,
                  Stars and angels sing around Thee,
                  Center of unbroken praise.
                  Field and forest, vale and mountain,
                  Flow’ry meadow, flashing sea,
                  Singing bird and flowing fountain
                  Call us to rejoice in Thee.
               3. Thou art giving and forgiving,
                  Ever blessing, ever blest,
                  Wellspring of the joy of living,
                  Ocean depth of happy rest!
                  Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,
                  All who live in love are Thine;
                  Teach us how to love each other,
                  Lift us to the joy divine.
               4. Mortals, join the happy chorus,
                  Which the morning stars began;
                  Father love is reigning o’er us,
                  Brother love binds man to man.
                  Ever singing, march we onward,
                  Victors in the midst of strife,
                  Joyful music leads us Sunward
                  In the triumph song of life.

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

Edward Perronet, 1780

Copyright: Public Domain

Main subject: Praise

Scripture: Philippians 2:9-11

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         1. All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ Name!
            Let angels prostrate fall;
            Bring forth the royal diadem,
            And crown Him Lord of all;
            Bring forth the royal diadem,
            And crown Him Lord of all.
         2. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
            And as they tune it, fall
            Before His face Who tunes their choir,
            And crown Him Lord of all;
            Before His face Who tunes their choir,
            And crown Him Lord of all.
         3. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
            Who from His altar call;
            Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod,
            And crown Him Lord of all;
            Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod,
            And crown Him Lord of all.
         4. Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
            Ye ransomed from the fall,
            Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,
            And crown Him Lord of all;
            Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,
            And crown Him Lord of all.
         5. Let every tribe and every tongue
            Before Him prostrate fall,
            And shout in universal song
            The crowned Lord of all;
            And shout in universal song
            The crowned Lord of all.

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Text: Matthew Bridges, 1800-1894, and Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903
Music: George J. Elvey, 1816-1893 
Copyright: Public Domain 

Main subject: Praise

Scripture: Revelation 19:12

Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne.
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King through all eternity.

Crown Him the Lord of love, behold His hands and side,
Those wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified.
No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright.

Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed over the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife for those He came to save.
His glories now we sing, who died, and rose on high,
Who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.

Crown Him the Lord of heaven: One with the Father known,
One with the Spirit Through Him given From yonder glorious throne.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail Throughout eternity.

Crown Him the Lord of lords, who over all doth reign,
Who once on earth, the incarnate Word, for ransomed sinners slain,
Now lives in realms of light, where saints with angels sing
Their songs before Him day and night, their God, Redeemer, King.

Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.
 

Fairest Lord Jesus

Text: Munster Gesangbuch; trans. by Joseph August Seiss
Music: Schlesische Volkslieder; arr. by Richard Storrs Willis
Copyright: Public Domain

Main subject: Praise

Scripture: Song of Solomon 6:10

      Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,
      O Thou of God and man the Son,
      Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
      Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.
    
      Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
      Robed in the blooming garb of spring;
      Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
      Who makes the woeful heart to sing.
    
      Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,
      And all the twinkling starry host;
      Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
      Than all the angels heav’n can boast.

      All fairest beauty, heavenly and earthly,
      Wondrously, Jesus, is found in Thee;
      None can be nearer, fairer or dearer,
      Than Thou, my Savior, art to me.

      Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations!
      Son of God and Son of Man!
      Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
      Now and forevermore be Thine.