147. What Wondrous Love Is This
1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul.
2 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of life
to lay aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
to lay aside his crown for my soul.
3 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing:
to God and to the Lamb who is the great I AM,
while millions join the theme I will sing, I will sing;
while millions join the theme I will sing.
4 And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And through eternity I’ll sing on.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | What wondrous love is this, O my soul (Ô merveilleux amour pour ma vie) |
| Title: | What Wondrous Love Is This |
| Translator (into French): | Claude Rozier |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Meter: | 12 9 12 9 |
| Topic: | The Christian Year: Holy Week; Adoration and Praise; Assurance32 more... |
| Source: | American folk hymn, ca. 1811 |
| Language: | English; French |
| Copyright: | French translation Translation © Centre Nationale de Pastorale Liturgique |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WONDROUS LOVE |
| Harmonizer: | Paul J. Christiansen (1955) |
| Meter: | 12 9 12 9 |
| Key: | d minor or modal |
| Source: | American folk hymn 1840 |
| Copyright: | Harmony copyright © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Reprinted by permission of Augsburg Fortress. |
