#864: Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven

[lutheranhymns]

There will be a part II to this. For now, the slightly interesting thing to focus on is verse 3, which rhymes "flourish/perish" and "gone/on/One." It's a stretch, but we'll allow it; the flourish/perish image is, I think, a loose reworking of a line from Psalms about how we are fragile and ephemeral like grass, but God is eternal. Also, verse four rhymes "adoration" with "[Sun and moon and all] creation," which is a good image. Again, this will make more sense once I do the follow-up, which will hopefully be soon.