The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2038

2038. Great God, We Sing Your Mighty Hand

1. Great God, we sing Your mighty hand
By which supported still we stand;
The opening year Your mercy shows,
That mercy crowns it ’til its close.

2. By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God,
By His incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.

3. With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before Thy feet.

4. In scenes exalted or depressed,
You are our joy, and You our rest;
Your goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.

5. When death shall interrupt our songs
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
In fairer realms, O God, shall we
Your praises sing eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: Great God, we sing Your mighty hand
• Title: Great God, We Sing Your Mighty Hand
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Composer: William Gardiner (1815)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 51712 56711 76277
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain