Tell Out, My Soul

"Tell Out, My Soul" is a Christian hymn paraphrasing the Magnificat, which was written by Timothy Dudley-Smith in 1962.

He was inspired to write the text when he was reading a modern paraphrase of the Magnificat in Luke 1:46–55 in the New English Bible, a translation which begins with the phrase, "Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord".

[6][7] In the 2013 survey, "The UK's Top 100 Hymns" conducted by the BBC's Songs of Praise, "Tell Out, My Soul" was voted joint 51st alongside "Nearer, My God, to Thee", Patrick Appleford's "Lord, Jesus Christ" ("Living Lord") and "Give Me Joy In My Heart".

[8] "Tell Out, My Soul" fits the metre 10.10.10.10, and it was originally published in 1965 in The Anglican Hymn Book, set to the tune Tidings by William Llewellyn.

In 1966, the hymn was included in the Evangelical Anglican hymnal Youth Praise, set to a tune by Michael Baughen, Go Forth.