Praise My Soul the King of Heaven | story behind the hymn | lyrics study | performance
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- 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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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!
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.
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.
Was a hymn at our wedding and was also played at my wife’s funeral .
Very memorable hymn.
Blessings and thanks from Scotland 🙏
Every Sunday in st Paul's Presbyterian that song played 😊
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!
I'm also SDA and am just learning this song. Hopefully, it will become a standard at my church🙏🏾🙏🏾
Sang this in the Episcopal choir I grew up in in the 1960-1970s Nice to hear the back story.
I remember singing this song repeatedly at my secondary school during our morning assemblies, and while my friends and I loved singing it, the music teacher would always insist on us rolling the letter "r" when we got to the word "ransomed" to make it stand out. I think that part of the reason why he did this to us was because we were a private Anglican school near Hull in East Yorkshire where our accent means that we often drop letters and put lots of emphasis on our vowels but not so much on other letters. Either that or he was just being picky.
Thanks. We sang this at school 50 years ago. I don't remember the 4th verse, but it's a good'un. God bless you.
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.
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 hymn always reminds me of Sundays at midday during my younger days. It was the theme tune for a radio program - From the Bell Tower - on Springbok radio in South Africa in the 60's and 70's. My fondest memories of this time are being with my dad, a devout Christian, and enjoying listening together to the beautiful hymns that were played. We sang this hymn at his funeral. Thank you for sharing these additional insights.
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!
Wow!! Love this! Psalm 103 is dear to me, so this is a treasure! Thank you!!
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.
Woke up with this hymn in my spirit. Thank you so much for the background.
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.
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. ❤
Wow! a beautiful video clip. You sang that hymnal song perfectly. God bless you.
Ameen.
Really blessed through this.
Blessings ❤🙏.
Thank you✝️🛐❤️
Sang this in the RC Church growing up. Love this hymn
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.
This was one of my headmaster's favourite hymns, I used to enjoy singing it but that was all, but when I myself became a Christian the words really resonated, fifty plus years on I'm thankful for Mr Smith and his faithfulness in teaching us these old hymns.
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 almost 80, been many churches, but i don't remember ever singing this one. It's beautiful. Thank you
Praise the Lord 🙌 Thank you for sharing this inspiring and uplifting hymn! God bless 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 ✝️
We used to sing this hymn a lot more than we have recently. But it is a good one.
It was one of my favourite hymns in primary school many moons ago.
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 !!
An old favourite always sung with gusto. Wonderful hymn through all my many years.
I learned this hymn at 15 in the Episcopal Church.. we sing it frequently and it always has been one of my favorites.
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.
A wonderful song🙏🏻💞
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. ❤
I also remember singing this hymn when a child in the Methodist church in Port Chalmers New Zealand. It came to mind this morning as I was having my quiet time with God. I am now 80 years old and unfortunately at the church I now attend we don’t hear these beautiful old hymns. 😊
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!
Beautiful hymn!! Appreciate your music!
Read Psalm 103 and was reminded about this hymn, learnt it at school sixty odd years ago.
I found this hymn while listening to a sermon by Martin Lloyd Jones. He was quoting the lyrics but the title never came up. Obviously it was a hymn known and sung by the church. I had never heard it but I loved the lyrics he quoted. So the search was on to find and listen to this wonderful hymn. That search led me here. Thank you so much for the history of this hymn and the tune. Now I can learn it. These old hymns have so much preaching in them and I love the way they praise Jesus. Once again thank you.
I’m from England and we sang it in the Anglican Church
Thanks for highlighting this beautiful hymn. It is one of my favorites!
Thank you, it's such a lovely song. God Bless you.
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.
Woke up with this hymn on my mind this Lord’s day. Thank you for your background and singing!
One of my favourite hymns. Thankyou Luke
It's cool and soul lifting.
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.
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🙏
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.
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Hi Luke. I don't know this hymn either. Thanks for sharing. Blessings
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!
Yes it's a lovely hymn in the Anglican church I heard
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Welcome back!🙏✝️
Hi Luke,this song was a favourite song during my school days and Methodist church
This is a new hymn to me. Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
we sang the 'forgotten verse' in the Anglican Church I attended as a child/adolescent, and frequently still !
We sang it at our wedding in 2002!!
I also grew up with the lovely hymns, but never heard this one. It beautiful.
I don’t know it and have never heard it before 😊
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 UA-cam). It didn't catch on, but the different tune and slightly changed words brought it home to me how profound it was.
Beautifull program Thank you for singing God bless you brother in Christ
God is good
The New year would bring for you an ever deepening awareness of God's love.Pray for me
We do sing this hymn in our church, here in Shellharbour NSW
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.
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
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.
We sing this in a Catholic parish in Queens, NY, USA.
Have you covered poor wayfaring stranger?
Hi, you are an amazing blessing to my wife and I I do have one question why don’t you use the king James Bible just wondering??
In the second verse we sang "praise him stil the same forever", not "as ever".
Hi, you are an amazing blessing to my wife and I I do have one question why don’t you use the king James Bible just wondering??