I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath
Author: Isaac Watts
This chart compares versions of the English text of I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath, as it appears in different publications.
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1. I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath;f 11. I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath;
2And when my voice is lost in death, 2And when my voice is lost in death,
3Praise shall employ my noblest powers. 3Praise shall employ my noblest powers.
n 4My days of praise shall ne’er by past n 4My days of praise shall ne’er be past
5While life and thought and being last,
6While life and thought and being last
7Or immortality endures.
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92. Happy the man whose hopes rely
10On Israel’s God. He made the sky
11And earth and sea, with all their train.
12His truth forever stands secure;
13He saves oppressed ones, feeds the poor,
14He saves oppressed ones, feeds the poor,
15And none shall find his promise vain.
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173. The Lord pours eyesight on the blind.
18The Lord supports the fainting mind.
19He sends the laboring conscience peace.
20He helps the stranger in distress,
21The widow, and the fatherless,
22The widow, and the fatherless,
23And grants the prisoner sweet release.
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254. I’ll praise him while he lends me breath;
26And when my voice is lost in death,
27Praise shall employ my nobler powers.
28My days of praise shall ne’er be past
29While life and thought and being last,
5While life and thought and being last, 30While life and thought and being last,
6Or immortality endures. 31Or immortality endures.
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t 82. Happy the man whose hopes rely t
9On Israel’s God; He made the sky,
10And earth and sea, with all their train.
11His truth forever stands secure;
12He saves the opprest, He feeds the poor,
13And none shall find His promise vain.
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153. The Lord gives eyesight to the blind;
16The Lord supports the fainting mind;
17He sends the laboring conscience peace,
18He helps the stranger in distress,
19The widow and the fatherless,
20And grants the prisoner sweet release.
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224. I’ll praise Him while He lends me breath,
23And when my voice is lost in death,
24Praise shall employ my nobler powers,
25My days of praise shall ne’er be past
26While life and thought and being last,
27Or immortality endures.
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