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Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
O bless the Lord, my soul;
Let all within me join,
And aid my tongue to bless His Name,
Whose favors are Divine.
Verse 2
O bless the Lord, my soul,
Nor let His mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.
Verse 3
’Tis He forgives thy sins,
’Tis He relieves thy pain,
’Tis He that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.
Verse 4
He crowns thy life with love,
When ransomed from the grave;
He that redeemed my soul from hell,
Hath sovereign power to save.
Verse 5
He fills the poor with good;
He gives the sufferers rest:
The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for the oppressed.
Verse 6
His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known;
But sent the world His truth and grace
By His belovèd Son.
Isaac Watts, “O Bless the Lord, My Soul”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 114 · S.M. · St. Thomas
Joseph Addison·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
When all Thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I’m lost
In wonder, love, and praise.
Verse 2
Unnumbered comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.
Verse 3
When worn with sickness, oft hast Thou
With health renewed my face;
And, when in sins and sorrows sunk,
Revived my soul with grace.
Verse 4
Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart
That tastes those gifts with joy.
Verse 5
Through every period of my life
Thy goodness I’ll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.
Verse 6
Through all eternity to Thee
A joyful song I’ll raise;
For O, eternity’s too short
To utter all Thy praise.
Joseph Addison, “When All Thy Mercies, O My God”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 135 · C.M. · St. Peter
Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
My God, how endless is Thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.
Verse 2
Thou spread’st the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours:
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
Verse 3
I yield my powers to Thy command,
To Thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from Thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Presbyterian 1895 No. 33 · L.M. · Canonbury
Ascribed to Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Tr. Rev. Edward Caswall, 1849: verse 1, ll. 3, 4, alt.·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
My God, I love Thee, not because
I hope for heaven thereby,
Nor yet because who love Thee not
Must die eternally.
Verse 2
Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me
Upon the cross embrace;
For me didst bear the nails and spear,
And manifold disgrace;
Verse 3
And griefs and torments numberless,
And sweat of agony;
E’en death itself; and all for one
Who was Thine enemy.
Verse 4
Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ,
Should I not love Thee well?
Not for the hope of winning heaven,
Or of escaping hell;
Verse 5
Not with the hope of gaining aught,
Not seeking a reward;
But as Thyself hast lovèd me,
O ever-loving Lord?
Verse 6
E’en so I love Thee, and will love,
And in Thy praise will sing;
Solely because Thou art my God,
And my Eternal King.
Presbyterian 1895 No. 557 · C.M.D. · Flensburg
Martin Rinkart; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
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 mothers’ arms,
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.
Verse 2
O may this bounteous God
Through all our 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.
Verse 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.
Presbyterian 1895 No. 656 · 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6. · Nun Danket