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#863 from Evangelical Lutheran Worship
My God, how wonderful thou art
Tune
Dundee
Metric Index
C M
Key & Modality
E♭ Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
My God, how wonderful thou art,
thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful thy mercy seat
in depths of burning light!
thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful thy mercy seat
in depths of burning light!
2.
How wonderful, how beautiful
the sight of thee must be -
thine endless wisdom, boundless pow'r,
and awesome purity!
the sight of thee must be -
thine endless wisdom, boundless pow'r,
and awesome purity!
3.
No earthly father loves like thee;
no mother, e’er so mild,
bears and forbears as thou hast done
with me, thy sinful child.
no mother, e’er so mild,
bears and forbears as thou hast done
with me, thy sinful child.
4.
Yet I may love thee too, O Lord,
almighty as thou art,
for thou hast stooped to ask of me
the love of my poor heart.
almighty as thou art,
for thou hast stooped to ask of me
the love of my poor heart.
5.
My God, how wonderful thou art,
thou everlasting friend!
On thee I stay my trusting heart
till faith in vision end.
thou everlasting friend!
On thee I stay my trusting heart
till faith in vision end.
Hymn References
Author
Frederick W. Faber 1814-1863
Publication Date
2006
Source
Psalter Edinburgh
Topic
Expanded Images for God; Praise, Thanksgiving
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#758 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / You are the way; to you alone (E♭ Major ) [click to view]#126 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / The people who in darkness walked (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
#526 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Let saints on earth in concert sing (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
#709 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / O God of Bethel, by whose hand (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
#464 in Lutheran Book of Worship / You are the way, through you alone (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
#524 in Lutheran Book of Worship / My God, how wonderful thou art (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
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