O God, My God, My All Thou Art!

O God

my God

my all Thou art!

Ere shines the dawn of ris­ing day

Thy sov­er­eign light with­in my heart

Thy all en­liv­en­ing pow­er dis­play.

For Thee my thirs­ty soul doth pant

While in this de­sert land I live;

And hun­gry as I am

and faint

Thy love alone can com­fort give.

In a dry land

be­hold I place

My whole de­sire on Thee

O Lord;

And more I joy to gain Thy grace

Than all earth’s trea­sures can af­ford.

More dear than life it­self

Thy love

My heart and tongue shall still em­ploy

And to de­clare Thy praise will prove

My peace

my glo­ry

and my joy.

In bless­ing Thee with grate­ful songs

My hap­py life shall glide away;

The praise that to Thy name be­longs

Hourly with lift­ed hands I’ll pay.

Abundant sweet­ness

while I sing

Thy love

my rav­ished heart o’er­flows;

Secure in Thee

my God and king

Of glo­ry that no pe­ri­od knows.