When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost
Count your many blessings, name them one by one
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done
Refrain:
Count your blessings, name them one by one
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly
And you will keep singing as the days go by
So, amid the conflict whether great or small
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end
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Count Your Blessings
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Oct 14, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Guy Penrod delivers this hymn as plainspoken encouragement for anyone caught in rough water. The opening verse pictures a soul tossed on life's billows, discouraged enough to think everything is lost, and the remedy offered is almost stubbornly simple: name the blessings one at a time. The refrain repeats that instruction until it becomes a habit, insisting that the counting itself will surprise the singer with what the Lord has done. A middle verse turns to the weight of care and the cross a believer is asked to carry, promising that gratitude will scatter doubt and keep a song going through the days. The closing stanza sets the whole practice inside conflict, great or small, and rests on the claim that God is over all, with angels attending the journey to its end. Penrod's country-gospel delivery keeps the tone warm rather than preachy, letting the repeated command to count do the work. What lingers is the song's quiet argument that remembering is a discipline, not a mood — something you do on purpose when the waves are high.
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