4902. O God, Our Maker, Throned on High

1. O God, our maker, throned on high,
The earth is Thine, and Thine the sky,
Th’adoring sun obeys Thy will,
And countless stars Thy laws fulfill.

2. The lengthening light of summer day,
The winter frost, Thy power display,
Nature proclaims Thy sovereign skill;
Man, and man only, spurns Thy will.

3. The wicked sit on earth’s high seat,
And tread the holy ’neath their feet;
Good goes so crookedly astray,
Bright deeds lie hidden oft away.

4. Great God! Who seest from above,
Regard us with Thy pitying love,
Perplexed by doubts, with toil and strife,
We ask more light—we long for life.

Text Information
First Line: O God, our maker, throned on high
Title: O God, Our Maker, Throned on High
Latin Title: O stelliferi conditor orbis
Author (attributed to): King Alfred
Adapter: Robert M. Moorsom
Translator (from Latin): Martin F. Tupper
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Re-metered in Renderings of Church Hymns, 1901, page 68; translation in King Alfred's Poems, 1850, page 18
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CHARNWOOD
Composer: Charles Edward Moberly, 1820-1893
Meter: LM
Incipit: 32255 65116 55433
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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