Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Verse 1
Praise, my soul, the King of Heav­en; (Ps. 103:1-2, Ps. 145:1)
To His feet thy trib­ute bring!
Ransomed, healed, re­stored, for­giv­en, (Ps. 103:3-4)
Who like me His praise should sing?
Praise Him! praise Him!
Praise the ev­er­last­ing King! (Ps. 145:1, I Tim. 1:17)

Verse 2
Praise Him for His grace and fa­vor
To our fa­thers in dis­tress! (Ps. 103:6-7)
Praise Him still the same for ev­er, (Ps. 102:27, Mal. 3:6, Heb. 1:12, Heb. 13:8)
Slow to chide, and swift to bless! (Ps. 103:8-10)
Praise Him! praise Him!
Glorious in His faith­ful­ness. (Lam. 3:23)

Verse 3
Fatherlike He tends and spares us;
Well our fee­ble frame He knows. (Ps. 103:13-14, Ps. 78:38-39)
In His hands He gent­ly bears us, (Deut. 1:31, Isa. 40:11, Isa. 46:3-4, Matt. 18:12-13, Luke 15:4-7)
Rescues us from all our foes. (Ps. 18:17, Ps. 136:24)
Praise Him! praise Him!
Widely as His mer­cy flows! (Ps. 103:11-12)

Verse 4
Frail as sum­mer’s flow­er we flour­ish;
Blows the wind, and it is gone; (Ps. 103:15-16, Isa. 40:6, I Pet. 1:24)
But while mor­tals rise and per­ish,
God en­dures un­chang­ing on, (Ps. 103:17, Ps. 102:25-27, Mal. 3:6, Heb. 13:8)
Praise Him, praise Him!
Praise the high eter­nal One! (Isa. 57:15)

Verse 5
Angels, help us to ad­ore Him; (Ps. 103:20-21)
Ye be­hold Him face to face: (Matt. 18:10)
Sun and moon, bow down be­fore Him, (Ps. 148:1-4)
Dwellers all in time and space. (Ps. 148:7-13, Rev. 5:13)
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Praise with us the God of grace! (I Pet. 5:10)