For What Shall I Praise Thee, My God and My King MAGILL—Theodore E. Perkins For What Shall I Praise Thee, My God and My King 1 For what shall I praise thee, my God and my King, For what blessings the tribute of gratitude bring? Shall I praise thee for pleasure, for health, or for ease, For the sunshine of youth, for the garden of peace? 2 Shall I praise thee for flowers that bloom on my breast, For joys in prospective, for pleasures possessed? For the spirits that heightened my days of delight,