What Shall I Render to the Lord

What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits to me?
How shall my soul, by grace restored,
Give worthy thanks, O Lord, to Thee?

Salvation’s cup of blessing now
I take, and call upon God’s Name;
Before His saints I pay my vow
And here my gratitude proclaim.

His saints the Lord delights to save,
Their death is precious in His sight;
He has redeemed me from the grave,
And in His service I delight.

With thankful heart I offer now
My gift, and call upon God’s Name;
Before His saints I pay my vow
And here my gratitude proclaim.

Within His house, the house of prayer,
I dedicate myself to God;
Let all His saints His grace declare
And join to sound His praise abroad.

Author: Unknown

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 116 (especially vv. 12-19). No single well-known hymn writer (e.g., Watts, Wesley, or Montgomery) is the clear source; it appears in various 19th- and 20th-century hymnals and psalters without consistent attribution. The style suggests a 19th-century author or compiler, but remains unattributed in most sources.