My days of praise shall ne'er be past : Ojo Iyin ki o koja

1.    HYMN EMHB 428 / YMHB 35

I’ll praise my Maker while l’ve breath

1.    I’ll praise my Maker while l’ve breath;

And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers:

My days of praise shall ne’er be past,

While life, and thought, and being last,

Or immortality endures.

2.    Happy the man whose hopes rely

On Israel’s God! He made the sky

And earth, and seas, with all their train:

His truth for ever stands secure;

He saves the oppressed, He feeds the poor;

And none shall find His promise vain.

3.    The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;

The Lord supports the fainting mind;

He sends the labouring conscience peace;

He helps the stranger in distress,

The widow, and the fatherless,

And grants the prisoner sweet release.

4.    I’ll praise Him while He lends me breath;

And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers:

My days of praise shall ne’er be past,

While life, and thought, and being last,

Or immortality endures.

Emi o yin Eleda mi

1.    Emi o yin Eleda mi

N’ isiyi, ati lehin ‘ku,

Emi o f’ agbara mi yin;

Ojo iyin ki o koja,

Nigbat’ iye on ero wa,

Titi igba ainipekun.

2.    ‘Bukun f’ eni t’o gbekele

Olorun Israel’ t’o da

Orun, aiye, at’ ekun won;

Otito Re duro sinsin,

O ngb’ akuse, O mb’ alaini,

Ileri Re ki se asan.

3.    Jesu nf’ iriran f’ afoju;

O ngb’ emi alare soke;

O nf’ alafia f’ okan ebi;

O nran alejo li owo,

Opo, at’ alaini-baba,

O nda ara-tubu n’ ide.

4.    Em’ o yin ‘gba mo wa laye;

Nigbat’ iku ba gb’ ohun mi,

Iyin y’o gba okan mi kan;

Ojo iyin ki o koja,

Nigbat’ ie on ero wa,

Titi igba ainipekun.

Adesegun Akitoye
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