Thou, the Great, Eternal God

Thou

the great

eter­nal God

Art high ab­ove our thought!

Worthy to be feared

ad­ored

By all Thy hands have wrought:

None can with Thy­self com­pare;

Thy glo­ry fills both earth and sky;

We

and all Thy crea­tures

are

As noth­ing in Thine eyes.

Of Thy great un­bound­ed pow­er

To Thee the praise we give

Infinitely great

and more

Than heart can e’er con­ceive:

When Thou wilt to work pro­ceed

Thy pur­pose firm none can with­stand

Frustrate the de­ter­mined deed

Or stay the al­migh­ty hand.

Thou

our God

art wise alone;

Thy coun­sel doth ex­cel;

Wonderful Thy works we own

Thy ways un­search­able;

Who can sound the mys­te­ry

Thy judg­ments’ deep abyss ex­plain

Thine

whose eyes in dark­ness see

And search the heart of man?