14. Lord, I will tell, while I am living, Thy goodness forth with every breath And greet each morning with thanksgiving Until my heart is still in death; Yea, when at last my lips grow cold, Thy praise shall in my sighs be told. 15. O Father, deign Thou, I beseech Thee, To listen to my earthly lays; A nobler strain in heav’n shall reach Thee, When I with angels hymn Thy praise And learn amid their choirs to sing Loud hallelujahs to my King. J. Mentzer, 1704. 63 14, 14, 4, 7, 8 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy Health and Salvation! Join the full throng; Wake, harp and psalter and song; Sound forth in glad adoration! 2. Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth, Who, as on wings of an eagle, uplifteth, sustaineth. Hast thou not seen How thy desires all have been Granted in what He ordaineth? 3. Praise to the Lord, who hath fearfully, wondrously, made thee; Health hath vouchsafed and, when heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee! What need or grief Ever hath failed of relief?— Wings of His mercy did shade thee. 4. Praise to the Lord, who doth visibly bless and defend thee; Who from the heavens the streams of His mercy doth send thee! Ponder anew What the Almighty can do If with His love He befriend thee. 5. 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! He is thy Light; Soul, keep it always in sight, Gladly forever adore Him! J. Neander, 1680. 64 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6 Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom His world rejoices; Who from our mother’s arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love And still is ours to-day. 2. Oh, may this bounteous God Through all this life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next. 3. All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and Him who reigns With them in highest heaven: The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore! Martin Rinckart, 1630; C. Winkworth, tr. 65 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 7, 7