It Is Good To Praise The Lord Lyrics

The Basics

"It Is Good To Praise The Lord" is a contemporary worship song that has circulated in various Christian music circles for decades. The exact origins are murky because the song exists in multiple versions with slightly different wording, and it's been performed by numerous artists over the years without a single definitive source. Most versions trace back to the broader gospel and modern worship tradition of the late 20th century. Here is the most commonly shared version of the It Is Good To Praise The Lord Lyrics: It is good to praise the Lord
And to sing unto thy name, O Most High
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning
And thy faithfulness every night
For thou hast been my defence
And the tower of my strength
And I have hated the generations of vain doers

The second section usually continues: My soul shall be satisfied
As with marrow and fatness
And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
When I remember thee upon my bed
And meditate on thee in the night watches This is heavily drawn from Psalm 92 in the King James Version. The modern song structure just expands on the psalm's themes with additional verses that aren't directly scriptural.

Where People Usually Get Stuck

One issue I ran into repeatedly when helping people find accurate lyrics is that every website and lyric database seems to have a slightly different version. Some include extra verses, some reorder lines, and a few swap out certain phrases for paraphrased alternatives. The core of the song is the psalm text, but the extended modern chorus and bridge sections vary between different worship teams and artists who have recorded it. Another practical problem: if you're looking for this for a church service or personal use, the most reliable approach is to match the lyrics against Psalm 92 directly. That way you can tell which lines are scripture and which are later additions. The scripture portions are consistent across versions. The added material is where discrepancies show up. I've seen people waste time tracking down different recordings just to verify a single line. It's faster to go straight to the psalm text and work backwards from there. If someone in your congregation needs the full modern version for a program or bulletin, you can usually find a specific artist's recording and pull the lyrics from the album liner notes or the artist's official site rather than relying on third-party lyric aggregators.

For anyone actually learning the song to perform it, the chord progression is straightforward but the tempo and key will vary depending on which arrangement you're using. Some versions sit in G major at a moderate 4/4 tempo. Others are slower and in a different key entirely. This matters more than the lyrics do when you're trying to make it work for your context.