My God, My King, Thy Praise I Sing

My God, my King, Thy praise I sing,
My heart is all Thine own;
My highest powers, my choicest hours,
I yield to Thee alone.

My voice awake, thy part to take;
My soul, the concert join;
Till all around shall catch the sound,
And mix their hymns with mine.

But man is weak Thy praise to speak;
Your God, ye angels, sing;
’Tis yours to see, more near than we,
The glories of our King.

His truth and grace fill time and space;
As large His honors be
Till all that live their homage give
And praise my God with me.

Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Year: 1834

This hymn is included in Lyte's 'Spirit of the Psalms' (1834), a metrical version of the Psalms. It is a paraphrase of Psalm 145. Some hymnals attribute it simply to 'Lyte' or list it anonymously, but the style and source point to Henry Francis Lyte.