It Is Good To Sing Thy Praises (Psalm 92)

 It is good to sing Thy praises, is an old hymn from Psalm 92 and the easy alphanote version sheet music can be downloaded here.  A song which exhorts us to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name is “It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises.”  The text, based on Psalm 92, is taken from The Psalter of 1912 published by John McNaugher (1857-1947).  A lot of modern books seek to “update” the language and begin the song, “It Is Good to Sing Your Praises.”  Again, I ask, why?  Several tunes have been or could be used with the hymn, such as one (Ellesdie) attributed to Wolfgang A. Mozart, arranged by Hubert P. Main, suggested by Nethymnal (Cyberhymnal), and most often associated with Henry F. Lyte’s “Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken;” and another (Beecher or Zundel) composed by John Zundel for Charles Wesley’s “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”  If one were into playing “musical hymn tunes” (instead of musical chairs), he could sing it to the traditional American melody (Nettleton) attributed to Asahel Nettleton, publishsed by John Wyeth, and commonly associated with Robert Robinson’s “O Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” For more information, look here. Enjoy!

1 It is good to sing your praises
And to thank you, O Most High,
Showing forth your loving-kindness
When the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling
Of your faithfulness to tell,
While with sweet, melodious praises
Songs of adoration swell.

2 You have filled my heart with gladness
Through the works your hands have wrought;
You have made my life victorious;
Great your works and deep your thought.
You, O Lord, on high exalted,
Reign forevermore in might;
All your enemies shall perish,
Sin be banished from your sight.

3 But the good shall live before you,
Planted in your dwelling place,
Fruitful trees and ever verdant,
Nourished by your boundless grace.
In his goodness to the righteous
God his righteousness displays;
God, my rock, my strength and refuge,
Just and true are all your ways. 

1 Bueno es, oh Dios, cantarte
lo que llena el corazón,
bueno siempre alabarte
día y noche en dulce son;
cuando aclara la mañana,
anunciar tu gran bondad,
y entre sombras de la noche
siempre hablar de tu verdad.

2 Tú, Señor, de alegría
este ser llenado has,
y el pan de cada día
bondadosamente das;
tú mis pasos encaminas
por la senda de virtud;
hoy recibe la ofrenda
de mi humilde gratitud.

3 Siempre el justo, cual la palma
del desierto, flor dará.
Cual del Líbano el cedro,
crecimiento así tendrá.
De jehová en la casa mora,
en sus atrios vivirá;
con el pueblo redimido
día y noche cantará.