Wanishangaza / Utukuzwe

Dr Ipyana's Swahili praise song "Wanishangaza/Utukuzwe" opens with a blessing directed back at God rather than a request — "ubarikiwe milele," be blessed forever — before naming why: his kindness itself is eternal, not just its effects. "Fadhili zako ni za milele" echoes a phrase repeated throughout the psalms describing God's steadfast love as enduring forever, the same refrain that anchors an entire psalm built as call-and-response between a leader and a congregation. "Wanishangaza matendo yako ya ajabu" — your wonderful deeds amaze me — keeps the song rooted in astonishment rather than routine gratitude, treating God's goodness as something that still catches the singer off guard rather than something expected or owed. The closing repetition, "wewe ni Mungu" — you are God — strips the song down to its simplest possible claim after the more descriptive lines have built up around it, ending on identity rather than action.