Hymns to the Living God ‎#40

40. My God, How Wonderful Thou Art

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 pow'r,
and awful purity.

4 O how I fear Thee, Living God,
with deepest, tend'rest 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.

6 No earthly father loves like Thee,
no mother e’er so mild,
bears and forbears, as Thou hast done
with me, Thy sinful child.

7 Father of Jesus, love's reward,
what rapture will it be,
prostrate before Thy throne to lie,
and ever gaze on Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: My God, how wonderful Thou art
• Title: My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
• Author: Frederich W. Faber (1848)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Scripture:
  Psalm 113
• Topic: Revelation and Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ETHELDREDA
• Composer: Thomas Turton (1860)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major