1. Awake, my soul, in joyful lays
And sing Thy great Redeemer’s praise;
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving-kindness, O how free!

2. He saw me ruin’d in the fall,
Yet lov’d me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate,
His loving-kindness, O how great!

3. When I was Satan’s easy prey
And deep in debt and bondage lay,
He paid His life for my discharge,--
His loving-kindness, O how large.

4. Tho’ numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Tho’ earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving-kindness, O how strong!

5. When trouble like a gloomy cloud,
Has gather’d thick, and thunder’d loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving-kindness, O how good!

6. Often I feel my sinful heart,
Prone from my Jesus to depart;
But tho’ I have Him oft forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.

7. Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
Oh, may my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death!

8. Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day
And sing with rapture and surprise
His loving-kindness in the skies.