10,000 Reasons Cover

This song certainly isn't new, it seems that everyone and their brother has recorded a cover of it, and my cover isn't anything special. But, I have loved this song pretty much since I first heard Matt Redman sing it live with only a piano, guitar, and cajon, almost ten years ago. I really consider Matt Redman a modern-day psalmist. He writes with such intelligence and scriptural integrity. But this song, specifically...
First, it’s based on possibly my favorite scripture regarding praise, Psalm 103. In the first verse of that Psalm, David’s speaks to his own soul, telling himself to bless the Lord with everything within him. In the first verse of 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman talks about starting his day singing praise and ending it the same no matter what.
Redman’s second verse reflects Psalm 103:2 - Bless the Lord and forget not all his benefits. Just as the psalm then launches into a list of why the Lord should be praised, Matt Redman does the same in his second verse, ending it with, “10,000 reasons for my heart to find!”
Finally, the third verse is my favorite. When my time has come, I also want to be praising my Lord, “10,000 years and then forevermore.” I pray that God will let me enter eternity with His praise on my lips.
In the meantime, I will continue to say to myself, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name.”
THANK YOU Matt Redman for writing beautiful music that allows the Church to worship with scriptural truth and integrity.