Rejoice in the Lord #342
First Line: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high
Author (attr.): Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Translator: J. M. Neale
Translator: Benjamin Webb
Tune Title: DEO GRACIAS (AGINCOURT SONG)
1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
how passing thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake!
2 For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptation sharp he knew,
for us the tempter overthrew.
3 For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us his daily works he wrought:
by words and signs and actions thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
4 For us to evil pow'r betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death,
for us gave up his dying breath.
5 For us he rose from death again;
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to comfort, and to cheer.
6 All glory to our Lord and God
for love so deep, so high, so broad --
the Trinity, whom we adore
forever and forevermore.
| Text information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O Love, how deep, how broad, how high |
| Title: | O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High |
| Translator: | J. M. Neale (1851, alt.) |
| Translator: | Benjamin Webb (1851, alt.) |
| Author (attr.): | Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Meter: | LM |
| Scripture: | Matthew 3:1; Matthew 4:1-11; John 14:16; Mark 1:1-8; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 3:1; Luke 4:1-13; Ephesians 3:18; Philippians 2:7 |
| Topic: | Trinity; Cross; Jesus Christ | Love of; Doxologies (Other, last verses of); Jesus Christ | Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ | Savior; Jesus Christ | Son of God |
| Source: | O amor quam ecstaticus |
| Language: | English |
| Tune information | |
|---|---|
| Tune name: | DEO GRACIAS (AGINCOURT SONG) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | c minor |
| Source: | 15th-century English melody |