J.J. Hairston - You Get The Glory Lyrics

“You Get the Glory” by J.J. Hairston is a short song of surrender and thanks. It begins with the offering “Here is my life,” followed by the prayer “Be glorified,” sung three times. The song then turns to a chorus that says what the singer wants to give: “You get the glory, You get the praise, You take the honor.”

Each round ends with the simple words “I just wanna say thank You,” and the congregation answers back with “Thank You.” The closing verse changes the prayer from “be glorified” to “be magnified” and “be lifted up,” so that the same offering of a life is repeated in new words.

The lyric is close to Psalm 115:1, which gives glory to God and not to us, to Romans 12:1 on offering oneself, and to Revelation 4:11 on God being worthy to receive glory and honor. The song is brief, repeated and made for a gathered group to sing with a leader.