Lyrics
Verse 1: Dante Bowe
I've been marked by Your presence
And this one thing I won't forget
Oh, how mercy met dirty
The day my life was spared
And I've been healed by those nailed hands
Through the lowest of nights
And I'm no longer a dead man
Now I walk in the light
Chorus: Dante Bowe
So testify
If God still provides
Tell the truth
If He's been good to you
Raise a shout
If He brought you out
Everything with breath, sing praises
Post-Chorus: Dante Bowe
How could we ever be silent?
Verse 2: Dante Bowe, Dante Bowe & Naomi Raine
And there was never a moment
When You left me alone, no
And there's no place I'll be going
Where I'll be left on my own
Hey, now I'm alive to tell the story
How this love has overcome
All the blessing and glory, yeah
It will be Yours and Yours alone
Chorus: Dante Bowe & Naomi Raine, Dante Bowe
Hey, so let the people of God
Testify
If God still provides
Tell the truth
If He's been good to you
Raise a shout
If He brought you out
Everything with breath, sing praises
Interlude: Dante Bowe
Make it loud, make it louder
Make it loud, make it louder
When I think about the goodness of Jesus
I make it loud, make it louder
Can't help myself, oh
Bridge: Dante Bowe & Naomi Raine, (Dante Bowe)
(Sing glory, glory)
Glory, glory
Hallelujah
I was blind
But now I see (Testify)
Glory, glory
Hallelujah
He's alive
And He lives in me
Come on, tell the story
Glory, glory
Hallelujah
I was blind
But now I see (Glory, glory)
Glory, glory (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah
He's alive
And He lives in me
Sing glory, glory
Glory, glory (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah (I was blind)
I was blind (Come on, sing it out)
But now I see (Oh, yeah)
Glory, glory
Hallelujah
He's alive
And He lives in me (Sing: He's alive)
He's alive (And He lives on the inside)
And He lives in me (The Lamb is alive, yes, He is)
He's alive (Where does He live, y'all?)
And He lives in me (Sing: He's alive)
He's alive (Oh)
And He lives in me
Chorus: Dante Bowe
So testify
If God still provides
Tell the truth
If He's been good to you
Raise a shout
If He brought you out
Everything with breath, sing praises
Everything with breath, sing praises
Refrain: Naomi Raine, Naomi Raine & Dante Bowe, Maverick City Music
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Lift it up
Sing out a new song
Raise it up
Sing out a new song
Sing it out
Sing out a new song
Raise it, raise it loud
Sing out a new song
Sing out
Sing out a new song
Raise it up and sing it loud
Sing out a new song
Everything that has breath, sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Everything that has breath, sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Everything that has breath, sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Oh, everything that has breath, sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Come on, lift it up
Oh, He's deserving, He's worthy
Sing out a new song
Everything that has breath
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Sing out a new song
Chorus: Naomi Raine
Testify
If God still provides (Come on, sing it)
Tell the truth
If He's been good to you
Raise a shout
If He brought you out
Everything with breath, sing praises
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Testify” frames praise as public witness to God’s mercy, provision, healing, and sustaining presence. The opening verse contrasts spiritual death with life in the light, attributing that change to Christ’s wounded hands and mercy. Its chorus then turns personal experience into communal proclamation: goodness is named, deliverance is celebrated, and every breathing creature is called to praise.
The refrain strongly echoes Psalm 150:6, while its call to sing a new song reflects Psalm 96:1-3 and that psalm’s command to declare God’s works among the nations. The bridge’s movement from blindness to sight recalls the testimony in John 9:25, though the song applies the image broadly to transformed life in Christ. Repetition serves the song’s central idea: gratitude refuses silence. The account of rescue, continued companionship, and new life culminates in glory being directed to God alone rather than to the person giving the testimony.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 150:6 The psalm calls everything that has breath to praise the Lord.
- Psalm 96:1-3 The psalm joins singing a new song with declaring God’s salvation and works.
- John 9:25 The healed man testifies that he was blind but now sees.