Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Joachim Neander · 1680 · tune LOBE DEN HERREN
Key of G · public domain
Words
Verse 1Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation
All ye who hear
Now to His temple draw near
Join me in glad adoration
Verse 2Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth
Shelters thee under His wings, yea so gently sustaineth
Hast thou not seen
How thy desires e'er have been
Granted in what He ordaineth
Verse 3Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do
If with His love He befriend thee
Verse 4Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him
Let the amen
Sound from His people again
Gladly fore'er we adore Him
The story
Joachim Neander was a German Reformed teacher who died of tuberculosis at thirty, having written around sixty hymns in his short life. He liked to walk and write in a valley on the river Dussel near Dusseldorf, and after his death the locals took to calling it the Neander valley in his honour. In 1856 quarrymen working that valley found some old bones in a cave, and because the valley carried the hymnwriter's name, the species those bones belonged to was named after him too. Neanderthal means Neander's valley. He has been dead for three hundred years and his name is on both this hymn and an entire branch of the human family.
Chords in G
Verse 1
G D G D
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation
G D G D
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation
G D
All ye who hear
G D
Now to His temple draw near
G D G
Join me in glad adoration
Verse 2
G D G D
Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth
G D G D
Shelters thee under His wings, yea so gently sustaineth
G D
Hast thou not seen
G D
How thy desires e'er have been
G D G
Granted in what He ordaineth
Verse 3
G D G D
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee
G D G D
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee
G D
Ponder anew
G D
What the Almighty can do
G D G
If with His love He befriend thee
Verse 4
G D G D
Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him
G D G D
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him
G D
Let the amen
G D
Sound from His people again
G D G
Gladly fore'er we adore Him
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Common questions
Who wrote Praise to the Lord, the Almighty? Joachim Neander wrote the words in 1680.
What tune is it sung to? LOBE DEN HERREN, set here in the key of G.
What scripture is it built on? Psalm 103:1.
Is Praise to the Lord, the Almighty free to use in church? Yes. The words are public domain, which means any church may sing them, print them in a bulletin, put them on a screen or record them, without asking permission and without paying anyone.
The psalm it came from
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty is Psalm 103 set to a tune. The psalm itself is here in full — King James, Berean Standard and Reina-Valera side by side, with a note on what it is doing and where it sits in the book.
Also set from Psalm 103: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Henry Francis Lyte, 1834)
Themes
Praise · Providence · Adoration
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