Refrain: ME PRAISE YOUR-ctr NAME FOREVER, MY KING AND MY GOD.

Alternate refrain: THE LORD HIMSELF-ctr FEED US AND PROVIDE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

1. GOD HAVE-MERCY-ON-us, SEND GRACE.
PATIENT NOT BLOW-TOP, HIS-ctr KINDNESS GREAT.
THE-ctr LORD DO GOOD FOR (2h)#ALL
AND SOFT-HEARTED WITH EVERYTHING HE-ctr CREATE.

2. LORD, IF OUR EYES LOOK-UP-TO HEAVEN,
YOU-ctr FEED US RIGHT TIME.
PRECIOUS THINGS YOU-ctr GIFT-TO-us
SATIFY ALL WE WANT.

3. (2h)#ALL YOUR-ctr PEOPLE BOW-DOWN YOUR-ctr NAME.
THANKS HOW? SONG HOLY.
EXPLAIN YOU-ctr RULE ETERNAL.
YOUR-ctr POWER HOLY, WE ANNOUNCE.

4. LORD, YOUR-ctr JUSTICE CONTINUE FOREVER.
EVERY GENERATION WITNESS ACTION SHOW-us L-O-V-E.
YOU-ctr FEEL CLOSE-TO (2h)#ALL SUMMON YOU-ctr.
HEART FOLLOW, YOU-ctr NEVER SEEM FAR.

Notes: HAVE-MERCY-ON-us - (2h)[open 8], POs > signer, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mercy - 2.

GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.

BLOW-TOP - [5], PO down, FO away, strikes top of [S], PO > DS, FO away, and rises up again, twisting DH at wrist.

KINDNESS - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs away, NDH is held close to heart and DH circles around it.

THE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

SOFT-HEARTED - HEART + (2h)[5^] descend slightly twice while closing to (2h)[O^] but hands close to heart.

CREATE - C-MAKE.

HEAVEN - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs ><, hands are held high, circle around each other and then separate.

PRECIOUS - (2h)[5:], hold FTs by the sides of the chin and move down while maintaining contact and closing to (2h)[S].

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands alt. flip thumb sides > signer.

ALL - (2h)[B^], POs up, FOs ><, DH circles around NDH and lands on its palm. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Whole.

BOW-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, are held like the final position of GIVE-UP, then bend these arms twice while bowing at waist once.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

ETERNAL - ALWAYS + DH produces STILL in the usual way, and the NDH produces STILL so that it moves back over the shoulder. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Eternal.

JUSTICE - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, tap FT while moving in a horizontal circle.

WITNESS - [1] touches under eye while head moves down.

SUMMON - DH [B] taps NDH [B], PO down, FO > signer, then moves > signer while closing to an [A], PO away from signer, FO up, and moving up.

Lyrics:

Refrain: I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

Alternate refrain: The hand of the Lord feeds us, and answers all our needs.

1. God is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, full of kindness.
The Lord is faithful to all his people,
compassionate to all creation.

2. Lord, we lift our eyes to the heavens,
and you feed us in due season.
The treasures, Lord, that you impart
fulfill every desire.

3. All of your people bless your name
in a holy song of thanksgiving,
singing of your eternal reign,
declaring your holy power.

4. Lord, your justice lasts forever,
your loving deeds from age to age.
You are near to all who call,
never far from faithful hearts.

To hear a performance of this song, go to Search Song Print | PRINTandPRAISE and click on the speaker icon next to "I Will Praise Your Name/The Hand of the Lord (Timothy R. Smith)".