Praise Him Songtext
von Housefires

Praise Him for the cosmos and the picture that it paints
Of an artist so brilliant He can scarcely be defined
Praise Him for the first time that you paused to notice the open sky
And wondered what kind of imagination could
Inspire such beautiful things from scratch
Praise Him for the scratch, for dust
Held in the hands of a master craftsman
Unashamed to share His likeness with
Those He knew would break His heart
And test His patience and try His love

Praise Him for the borrowed breath that you breathe
And faculties that function so as to
Remind you that you are not your own
For a love that finds its way to you in every season
Letting you know that you are not alone

Praise Him for the miracles that your eyes have seen
That you were too hard-hearted to believe
Too nearsighted to perceive and too self-sufficient to receive
And still somehow He met all of your needs


Praise Him for broken hearts and bruised knees
For mountains brought low and valleys raised
For joy given in the deep of night

Praise Him for the night and weeping that always expires
And lasts only as long as He allows
Come on, praise Him for all that He allows
All that He permits, all that He prevents and all that He provides
For blessings often overlooked ′cause they're disguised

And praise Him for Jesus who brought the radiance of the sun
In the tyranny of an unrelenting dark night
And before you were even awake to the world
You gloried in His light, warmed by the generosity of His love
Carried from death to life on the wings of faith
Remember your name uttered in a prayer
And your heart awakened to its need for a Savior

Praise Him for the Savior who showed up at just the right time
To show humanity that God would never
Turn His back on the world that He made


Praise Him for the way that He came
Matchless power contained in the frame of a child
Born in a city as obscure as they come
The giver of life filling up His very own lungs
To show that He is not ashamed of us
He is well acquainted with us
He is committed, no matter what the cost, to saving us

Praise Him for saving us and the cross that provided the means
It′s the door through which we enter, the shade under which we rest
His righteousness and not our own
His grace and His grace alone
Calling us out and bringing us in
Conquering death and absolving our sin
Let me say it again

Praise Him for the season that you're in
'Cause it bears the mark of His hold on you
And when life gets a hold of you, tempting you to forget

Lift your eyes, lift your hands, lift your hearts and praise Him
Lift your eyes, lift your hands, lift your hearts and praise Him

Lift your eyes, we lift our hands, we lift our hearts and praise You
We lift our eyes, we lift our hands, we lift our hearts