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O Jesus, King Most Wonderful

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; Edward Caswall Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 247 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145:1 First Line: O Jesus, King most wonderful! Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, King most wonderful! Thou Conqueror renowned! Thou Sweetness most ineffable, In Whom all joys are found! 2 When once Thou visitest the heart, Then truth begins to shine, Then earthly vanities depart, Then kindles love divine. 3 O Jesus! Light of all below, Thou Fount of living fire, Surpassing all the joys we know, All that we can desire. 4 Thy wondrous mercies are untold Thro' each returning day; Thy love exceeds a thousand-fold Whatever we can say. 5 Thee may our tongues forever bless; Thee may we love alone; And ever in our lives express The image of Thine own. Amen. Topics: Ascension and Reign; Christ Attributes; Christ Reign Used With Tune: SERENITY

Praise to the Holiest in the height

Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 169 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145:3 Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise, -- in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways. 2 O loving wisdom of our God! when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came. 3 O wisest love! that flesh and blood, which did in Adam fail, should strive afresh against the foe, should strive and should prevail. 4 O generous love! that he who smote in Man, for man, the foe, the double agony in Man for man should undergo; 4 And in the garden secretly, and on the Cross on high, should teach his brethren, and inspire to suffer and to die. 5 Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise, -- in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: GERONTIUS

Psalm 145: I'll thee extol, my God, O King

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145 First Line: I'll thee extol, my God, O King Lyrics: 1I’ll thee extol, my God, O King; I’ll bless thy name always. 2Thee will I bless each day, and will thy name for ever praise. 3Great is the Lord, much to be prais’d; his greatness search exceeds. 4Race unto race shall praise thy works, and shew thy mighty deeds. 5I of thy glorious majesty the honour will record; I’ll speak of all thy mighty works, which wondrous are, O Lord. 6Men of thine acts the might shall show, thine acts that dreadful are; And I, thy glory to advance, thy greatness will declare. 7The mem’ry of thy goodness great they largely shall express; With songs of praise they shall extol thy perfect righteousness. 8The Lord is very gracious, in him compassions flow; In mercy he is very great, and is to anger slow. 9The Lord Jehovah unto all his goodness doth declare; And over all his other works his tender mercies are. 10Thee all thy works shall praise, O Lord, and thee thy saints shall bless; 11They shall thy kingdom’s glory show, thy pow’r by speech express: 12To make the sons of men to know his acts done mightily, And of his kingdom th’ excellent and glorious majesty. 13Thy kingdom shall for ever stand, thy reign through ages all. 14God raiseth all that are bow’d down, upholdeth all that fall. 15The eyes of all things wait on thee, the giver of all good; And thou, in time convenient, bestow’st on them their food: 16Thine hand thou open’st lib’rally, and of thy bounty gives Enough to satisfy the need of ev’ry thing that lives. 17The Lord is just in all his ways, holy in his works all. 18God’s near to all that call on him, in truth that on him call. 19He will accomplish the desire of those that do him fear: He also will deliver them, and he their cry will hear. 20The Lord preserves all who him love, that nought can them annoy: But he all those that wicked are will utterly destroy. 21My mouth the praises of the Lord to publish cease shall never: Let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and for ever.

Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name

Author: Scott Soper Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145:1-2 First Line: I will praise you, God and king Refrain First Line: I will praise your name for ever Topics: Holy Name; Love of God for Us; Easter 5 Year C; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Eighth Ordinary Year C; Ninth Ordinary Year B; Ninth Ordinary Year C; Eleventh Ordinary Year B; Twelfth Ordinary Year B; Fourteenth Ordinary Year A; Seventeenth Ordinary Year B; Eighteenth Ordinary Year A; Twenty-First Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year A; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Seventh Year B; Thirty-First Ordinary Year C; The Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday Year C; The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Year A; The Nativity of John the Baptist (March 19) Day; St. Peter and Paul, Apostles (June 29) Vigil; Thanksgiving Day; Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Service Music for Mass Communion Song; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Communion Song; Rites of the Church Confirmation Used With Tune: [I will praise you, God and king]

Tell Your Children

Author: Grace Hawthorne Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145:4 First Line: God the Father, God of glory Refrain First Line: Parents, tell your children Topics: Family; Home; Family Used With Tune: TELL YOUR CHILDREN

Bendeciré tu nombre por siempre jamás (I will praise your name for ever)

Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145 First Line: The Lord is kind and full of compassion (El Señor es clemente y misericordioso) Topics: Fifth Sunday of Easter C; Quinto Domingo de Pascua C Used With Tune: [Bendeciré tu nombre por siempre jamás]

Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name for Ever

Author: James J. Chepponis Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145 First Line: I will exalt you, God my king Refrain First Line: I will praise your name for ever Topics: Psalms Used With Tune: [I will praise your name for ever] Text Sources: Antiphon: Lectionary for Mass

Sing a Joyful Song

Author: Jim Farrell, b. 1947 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145 First Line: The heavens proclaim God's name Refrain First Line: Sing a joyful song to the Lord! Topics: Joy; Music Ministry; Praise; Service Music for Mass Entrance Song (Gathering of Processional); Morning Prayer Morning Psalms, Canticles Used With Tune: [The heavens proclaim God's name]

O Worship the King, All Glorious Above

Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,139 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145 First Line: O worship the King all glorious above Topics: Adoration and Praise; Confirmation; God Image; God Power; Protection; Alternate Harmonizations Used With Tune: LYONS

When Morning Gilds the Skies

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 699 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 145:2 Lyrics: 1 When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries, may Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair, may Jesus Christ be praised! 2 Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find, may Jesus Christ be praised! Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this, may Jesus Christ be praised! 3 The night becomes as day, when from the heart we say, may Jesus Christ be praised! The powers of darkness fear when this sweet chant they hear, may Jesus Christ be praised! 4 Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine, may Jesus Christ be praised! Be this th'eternal song through all the ages long, may Jesus Christ be praised! Topics: Demons; Comfort; Demons; Morning; Music and Singing; Praise of Jesus Christ; Daily Work Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: Katholisches Gesangbuch, Würzburg, 1828