I Will Extol Thee, O My God

I will extol Thee, O my God, and praise Thee, O my King;
Yea, every day and evermore Thy praises will I sing.
Great is the Lord, our mighty God, and greatly to be praised;
His greatness is unsearchable, above all glory raised.

Each generation to the next shall testimony bear,
And to Thy praise, from age to age, Thy wondrous acts declare;
Upon Thy glorious majesty and honor I will dwell,
And all Thy grand and glorious works and all Thy greatness tell.

Thy mighty acts and terrible shall men with awe confess;
Of Thy great goodness they shall sing, and perfect righteousness.
Most gracious and compassionate is God Who reigns above;
His wrath is ever slow to rise, unbounded is His love.

Author: Unknown

Year: 1912

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 145. The lyrics match the version found in the 1912 Psalter (United Presbyterian), where it is presented without a named author (common for many psalm versifications in that collection). No strong attribution to a specific writer such as Watts, Wesley, or Montgomery appears in standard hymnological sources.