1. O Lord, You have been good and kind in Your giving,
Yet thankfulness from me does not spring forth.

2. Who has an excuse with You, who a plea,
When I have no excuse for not giving thanks?

3. If my thanks for Your blessings themselves be a blessing,
Gratitude to You for such thanks is meet.

4. How can thanks reach You save through Your grace?
Though my days are long and my life spins out.

5. I give thanks, not as if I could match Your gifts
With my thanks, but so thanks may be made to You.

6. I give thanks for days I have lived through,
And the last that remains for the thanker is remembrance.