Text: | My God, how wonderful thou art |
Author: | Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 |
Tune: | WINDSOR |
Composer (melody): | William Damon, 1540?-1591? |
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 power,
and aweful purity!
4 O how I fear thee, living God,
with deepest, tenderest 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My God, how wonderful thou art |
Author: | Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | The Christian Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINDSOR |
Composer (melody): | William Damon, 1540?-1591? (alt.) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Booke of Musicke, 1591 (harm.) |