I Rise to Offer Heartfelt Praise

words: Gary Hicks (vv.1-4),

            Frederick Whitfield (v. 2, altered), Isaac Watts (v.3, altered)

            copyright 2010, Gary L. Hicks

tune: “Irish”, from “Collection of Hymns & Sacred Poems,” Dublin, 1749

I rise to offer heartfelt praise,

I stand to bless the Lamb,

I kneel, awestruck, and bow, amazed:

All glory to the great I AM.

There is a name I love to hear,

I love to sing its worth,

It sounds like music in my ear,

Most beautiful name on earth.

Was it for crimes that I had done

He groaned upon the tree?

Amazing mercy, grace unknown,

Amazing love beyond degree!

I rise to offer heartfelt praise,

I stand to bless the Lamb,

I kneel, awestruck, and bow, amazed:

All glory to the great I AM.