The Hymnal 1982 643
My God, how wonderful thou art
- Tune
- windsor
- Author(s)
- Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863
- Composer(s)
- William Damon, 1540?-1591?
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6
- Tune Source(s)
- Booke of Musicke, 1591 (harm.)
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1 My God, how wonderful thou art, thy majesty how bright, how beautiful thy mercy seat, in depths of burning light!
2 How dread are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord, by prostrate spirits day and night incessantly adored!
3 How wonderful, how beautiful, the sight of thee must be, thine endless wisdom, boundless power, and aweful purity!
4 O how I fear thee, living God, with deepest, tenderest fears, and worship thee with trembling hope and penitential tears!
5 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.