FILL THOU MY LIFE, O LORD MY GOD

[1]
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God,
in every part with praise,
that my whole being may proclaim
thy being and thy ways.

[2]
Not for the lip of praise alone
nor ev'n the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
of praise in every part:

[3]
praise in the common things of life,
its goings out and in;
praise in each duty and each deed,
however small and mean.

[4]
Fill every part of me with praise:
let all my being speak
of thee and of thy love, O Lord,
poor though I be and weak.

[5]
So shalt thou, Lord, receive from me
the praise and glory due;
and so shall I begin on earth
the song for ever new.

[6]
So shall no part of day and night
from sacredness be free;
but all my life, in every step,
be fellowship with thee.