145B. I will exalt you, God my King

Author: Christopher Idle

I will exalt you, God my king,
for ever praise, for ever sing
all glory to your treasured name:
all praise, all love, our hearts proclaim!

2. As parents to their children tell
how always God does all things well,
so I delight to meditate
how just you are, how good, how great.

3. Believers trust and pray and prove
the glories of your mighty love:
our streets shall sing, our cities bloom,
your everlasting kingdom come!

4. In every promise God keeps faith;
you raise us, Lord, from sin and death:
you help the strugglers in the race-
redeemed, sustained, and crowned by grace.

5. By truth that shines in all your ways
you guide your people all their days;
your loving care for humankind
ensures that all who seek shall find.

6. How happy those who come to know
your love so full, your wrath so slow!
You give us life and health and food:
to all so near; for all so good.

7. As generations take their turn
and saints in each your glory learn,
your name be praised, and praised again,
and praised for evermore: Amen!