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This is a song about the joy of living in Christ with His people, inspired by Psalm 84 and John 2. On Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for “The Thin Red Line” there is a recording of a traditional Melanesian hymn tune called “God Yu Tekkem Laef Blong Mi” (Take My Life and Let It Be). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDkNg…)
The bridge is adapted from that tune and the original English hymn.
HOW SWEET IS YOUR PRAISE
by Andrew C. Romanowitz (Andrew Micah); bridge melody adapted from a traditional Melanesian tune, bridge lyrics adapted from Francis Ridley Havergal’s “Take My Life And Let It Be”
I lift my hands in the place where Your glory dwells
The house You’re building from living stones
Oh God, You keep from Your children no perfect thing
The best is Jesus, to Him I sing
CHORUS
How sweet is the King who is worthy
How sweet is Your praise
One day in my Jesus is better
Than thousands away, oh,
How sweet is Your praise
How sweet, how sweet is the place where Your glory dwells
My soul longs for Him, my flesh cries out
In Christ alive, all I ask is to hold the door
To lead the thirsting into Your courts
BRIDGE
Take my life and let it be
Lost and wasted at Your feet
Take my moments, all my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
CHORUS 2
How sweet is the King who is worthy
How sweet is Your praise
I’d sing of Your kindness and mercy
For ten thousand days
(c) 2019 Andrew C. Romanowitz (BMI). All rights reserved.
Andrew Micah 