The Australian Hymn Book
The Australian Hymn Book was published in 1977, and was the culmination of almost ten years' work by an ecumenical committee, chaired by A. Harold Wood, intent on producing a new, contemporary and inclusive hymn book that could be used in worship by the varied Christian congregations across Australia.
I'LL PRAISE MY MAKER WHILE I'VE BREATH
[1]
I'll praise my maker while I've breath,
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers:
my days of praise shall ne'er be past,
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.
[2]
Happy the man whose hopes rely
on Israel's God! He made the sky,
and earth and sea, with all their train:
his truth forever stands secure:
he saves the oppressed; he feeds the poor,
and none shall find his promise vain.
[3]
The Lord pours eyesight on the blind:
the Lord supports the fainting mind;
he sends the labouring conscience peace;
he helps the stranger in distress,
the widow and the fatherless,
and grants the prisoner sweet release.
[4]
I'll praise him while he lends me breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers:
my days of praise shall ne'er be past,
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.
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