Praise My Soul the King of Heaven | story behind the hymn | lyrics study | performance
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2024
- A powerful hymn of praise, written as a paraphrase of Psalm 103 by the same man who wrote Abide With Me. What a great hymn!
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Sources I used for this video:
- John Mclelland. The Ambassador Book of Great Hymn Stories. 1994. Ambassador Productions Ltd: Belfast
- Ian Bradley. The Penguin Book of Great Hymns.1989. Penguin Group: London
1. Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Praise Him, praise Him! (x2)
Praise the everlasting King.
2. Praise Him for His grace and favor
To our fathers in distress.
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Praise Him, praise Him! (x2)
Glorious in His faithfulness.
3. Fatherlike He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Praise Him, praise Him! (x2)
Widely yet His mercy flows.
4. Frail as summer’s flower we flourish,
Blows the wind and it is gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
Our God lives unchanging on,
Praise Him, praise Him! (x2)
Praise the high eternal One!
5. Angels, help us to adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him,
Dwellers all in time and space.
Praise Him, praise Him! (x2)
Praise with us the God of grace.
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I am 76 years of age and in Australia. I love this hymn which sadly is not sung in Church today . It was in our Baptist Hymnal . I do love the period of time when Scripture in song was very popular. Loved SHOUT TO THE LORD “ . Your ministry is so powerful bringing back these old hymns and the stories of why they were written. The words of these old “ forgotten”. hymns often come into my mind and strengthen me. God bless your gift of music as you use it for his glory.
I have just finished listening and was amazed that this very morning I had read Psalm 103 and thought how very meaningful those words were. ❤
I had the joy of introducing this to our 20 year old worship leader who has not much knowledge of hymns. Beautiful words based on scripture - what an amazing God we have in Jesus🙏
I just love this hymn. Praise my soul the king of heaven. Gods word is
very special to me when you read it. It’s old but
gives us a wonderful story.
This was another of my father's favourite hymns. I grew up going to a tiny church of England in South Africa. My father and 3 other men took care of the vongregation while we looked for a minister. I'm in my 60's now and grew up singing all these beautiful old hymns. While the modern hymns and choruses are lovely, there is something powerful in the old ones. I miss singing them. They feed my soul like none of the modern ones do. So yes, i know this lovely hymn.
"They feed my soul like none of the modern ones do".... Oh yes, I agree with this!
I'm almost 80yrs old. I grew up in the Seventh Day Adventist church and have sung this song all my life, it's in the SDA hymnal. Thanks for the history. May God Bless you bro Powell as you share God's love with us in music, song and explanation. I do enjoy listening to you. Glad you're back.❤.
I am a Seventh Day Adventist as well. We sing this often at my church. God bless you!
My Dad and Mum sang it so often. My Dad at home, and then we sang it in our local Anglican church. Came back as a lay silent before the Lord this morning.
So did my parents. They were Methodists and attended Missionary Schools where they mastered the hymns. They play the piano while they sang the hymns along with beautiful harmony. As children, these hymns came naturally to us and I appreciate it all now. I am 56!
This is one of my favourite hymns because it beautifully guides me back to God's Name and character, and his response to our vulnerability, when I'm tempted to think he actually might whack me, or when I forget that it's OK to be a finite human creature and not God.
I grew up in the 90s (and early 2000s) in " Shout to the Lord" world too. Coming up on 9 years in a traditional Anglican church. I think bringing hymns to more people is great!
I remember singing this Glorious Hymn of Praise way back over 50 years ago, in Primary School Assemblies & @ Church on Sundays, & I Still Fervently Sing it Nowdays With Gusto To GOD For Ransoming, Healing, Redeeming, Forgiving & Saving A Wretched Sinner Called me.
For it was with All Those Glorious Old Hymns that I Grew up Knowing & Loving GOD my Gracious Heavenly Father. These Hymns along with Sunday School & Church Meetings, Encouraged me & Strengthened my Faith In GOD.
Why? Because These Glorious Old Hymns Are Like Mini Sermons In Themselves, They are Often Just Like Singing The WORD of GOD, Just Like The Psalmists of Old.
So Let Us Remember That There Is Power In The Spoken or Sung WORD of GOD, & Let Us All Join In With All The Heavenly Hosts In Singing & Praising GOD With Gusto, Has We Bring Our Tributes of Praise To HIS Feet, Casting Our Crowns With All of Heaven Before HIM. Amen 🙌 🙏
This was the hymn played on the pipe organ, for my walk down the aisle at my wedding, being my favorite at that time. I learnt much later, it was my grandfather's favorite.
Thank you Luke. Yes I am familiar with this song. I was raised in England as my parents emigrated from Zimbabwe back in the 60’s. Attended a Brethren school where we sung hymns in assembly every morning prior to attending classes. Now in my late sixties, this hymn is one of my favourites to listen to during my personal worship and prayer time.
It was one of my favourite hymns in primary school many moons ago.
Thank you✝️🛐❤️
I learned this hymn as a child in the Anglican Church. Haven’t heard it in years but the words just flowed as I saw it l line from the hymn just now. Beautiful classic ✝️
I remember singing this hymn at junior church, many years ago. It didn't really mean much to me at that time. Like you I have sung mostly modern choruses with the some hymns. Now, just before my sixtieth birthday, I relish the treasure the depth of words found in hymns. Thank you for your ministry, Luke. God bless and keep you and your loved ones always.
Ameen.
Really blessed through this.
Blessings ❤🙏.
An old favourite always sung with gusto. Wonderful hymn through all my many years.
I'm almost 80, been many churches, but i don't remember ever singing this one. It's beautiful. Thank you
I also grew up with the lovely hymns, but never heard this one. It beautiful.
We used to sing this hymn a lot more than we have recently. But it is a good one.
Luke, thank you so much for singing this beautiful hymn. The memories of my childhood came flooding back, the special moments with my parents, grandmother and my 2 brothers in our little church in Bothasig, South Africa... St John's. How i loved that church and how close we all were as a congregation. There were about 11 congregants plus us 6 in the beginning but we grew to quite a large congregation over the 8 years that i worshipped there. I have never found another church where i feel so loved and so close to God. Now, I have no church so i find my nourishment through people like you. So thank you for this wonderful ministry. God knew my soul was thirsty and he gave me drink.
I remember my mother walking round the house singing this hymn. Always reminds me of her. Have sung this in the Methodist Church growing up and the Baptist church as an adult. Beautiful words. Think we miss out these days with our choruses. Thank you. ❤
We sang this hymn in the 60's when I was a student at primary school morning assembly (Anglican school) in Hong Kong !! Still remember most of the lyrics.Thank you !!
Sang this in the RC Church growing up. Love this hymn
Thank you, it's such a lovely song. God Bless you.
Beautifull program Thank you for singing God bless you brother in Christ
God is good
When I hear this song which is very rarely now, my mind goes back to my high school assembly days outside of this country. Since it was not in our former Church Hymnal it was not sung at church when I was growing up. It is in our current Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (available online) but I have no memory of singing it in church here in the US. I rather like it and sing it from time to time from memory at home. Since our quarterly Sabbath School Lesson studies are currently on the book of Psalms perhaps this song based on Psalms 103 will come more prominently to notice. In fact, I will intentionally bring it to the notice of my local congregation. It is worth it. Thank you, Luke, for sharing. Have a very blessed 2024!
I also learned in our church in Welkom and. Love
I was baptized in 1985. In the SDA Church in Welkom and have been singing it since then. We sing the first verse every Sabbath before the opening prayer❤
Thank you for your research, I really appreciate it.
@@sonjagembicki6894 Good to mèt you, Sister! May God's continued blessings be upon you and yours. I was baptized in 1965 as a teenager. I have enjoyed singing the hymns even as a child when my older sister and I started attending the church with our uncle and his family. Our parents joined us later.
Wow!! Love this! Psalm 103 is dear to me, so this is a treasure! Thank you!!
One of my favourite hymns. Thankyou Luke
Beautiful hymn!! Appreciate your music!
Love from New Delhi, This is one song which always have it's place in Sunday Service during March April - Pentecost season. love this hymn
I’m from England and we sang it in the Anglican Church
Every Sunday in st Paul's Presbyterian that song played 😊
A wonderful song🙏🏻💞
Thanks for highlighting this beautiful hymn. It is one of my favorites!
Wow! a beautiful video clip. You sang that hymnal song perfectly. God bless you.
I grew up in the afrikaans NG church and I know this song very well, but of course in Afrikaans. Well done anyway. Loved to hear it again.
Hi Luke. I don't know this hymn either. Thanks for sharing. Blessings
I am loving hearing these old friends and the research you do to bring out the stories behind them. I grew up in the Anglican church in the USA; my father was an Episcopal priest, and my husband and I brought our family up in congregations that used the 1928 Prayer Book and the 1940 hymnal. I would love it if you did "Come Down O Love Divine," one of the R. Vaughn Williams hymns to the tune Down Ampney.
Hi Luke,this song was a favourite song during my school days and Methodist church
We sang it at our wedding in 2002!!
The New year would bring for you an ever deepening awareness of God's love.Pray for me
Yes, I know this one well. Sang at Methodist church in Grahamstown and also at farm church near Grahamstown. Really enjoy your channel - so lovely to hear these old hymns and some of the history behind them. Thank you!
I don’t know it and have never heard it before 😊
This was my mom's favourite hymn. It was sung at my parent's wedding and she would be in tears whenever she heard it or sung it. It is a favourite in the Lutheran church so I learned it as a child, but strangely not the 4th verse.
We do sing this hymn in our church, here in Shellharbour NSW
Thank you brother,
I am the fourth of fourteen children. I am married now, but growing up my parents tough us to sing. This song is a favorite.
In the second verse we sang "praise him stil the same forever", not "as ever".
This is a new hymn to me. Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
A Blessed and Happy New Year to You and Yours.
Yes- we used to sing this song in church and during school prayers.
Please can you research this other song:
LEAD ME TO CALVARY - others know it as LEST I FORGET GETHSEMANE -we used to sing this song during Holy Communion.
Thank you.
Wonderful. This hymn is so familiar to me that I tend to forget how meaningful the words are. I quite liked Graham Kendrick's reworking of the hymn (it's on CZcams). It didn't catch on, but the different tune and slightly changed words brought it home to me how profound it was.
Welcome back!🙏✝️
I enjoy singing this hymn, learnt it in school. God bless you Luke
We sang verse 4 but the last line was "Praise the everlasting one"..
Thank you
We sing this in a Catholic parish in Queens, NY, USA.
Yes, this hymn is well loved & sung in Australian mainline churches, though I am not sure that the verse you asked about is sung which is a pity as it is really good.
Have you covered poor wayfaring stranger?