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Give To Our God Immortal Praise - Shenandoah Christian Music Camp

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‘Give To Our God Immortal Praise’, arr. Lyle Stutzman. Commissioned in celebration of the tenth anniversary of SCMC (2006-2015). Sung at the 10th Annual Choral Festival 2015 of Shenandoah Christian Music Camp (VA). Conducted by Wendell Nisly. See the sheet music at https://blueskymusic.net/shop/satb-with-divisi/give-to-our-god-immortal-praise/
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Give To Our God Immortal Praise

Words by Isaac WattsMusic by Ralph HarrisonWritten Tune WARRINGTON

Give to our God immortal praise;
Mercy and truth are all his ways;
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown;
His mercies ever shall endure,
When lords and kings are known no more.

He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fixed the starry lights on high;
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

He fills the sun with morning light;
He bids the moon direct the night;
His mercies ever shall endure,
When suns and moons shall shine no more.

He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave;
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

Through this vain world he guides our feet,
And leads us to his heavenly seat;
His mercies ever shall endure,
When this vain world shall be no more.

Story Behind the Song

Isaac Watts wrote this hymn as a Christian metrical paraphrase of Psalm 136, publishing it in his 1719 collection The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament. The psalm's repeated refrain, “for his mercy endureth for ever,” is reflected throughout Watts’s text in repeated lines about God's enduring mercies. The hymn is commonly sung to WARRINGTON, a tune by Ralph Harrison published in the late eighteenth century.

Scripture

Found In

The Psalms of David Imitated, Trinity Hymnal, Psalter Hymnal