The Voice of Praise ‎#48

48. O God, thou bottomless abyss!

1 O GOD, thou bottomless abyss!
Thee to perfection who can know?
O height immense! what words suffice,
Thy countless attributes to show?

2 Greatness unspeakable is thine;
Greatness, whose undiminished ray,
When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine,
When earth and heaven are fled away.

3 Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord,
Essential life's unbounded sea,
What lives and moves, lives by thy word,
It lives, and moves, and is, from thee.

4 High is thy power above all height;
Whate'er thy will decrees is done;
Thy wisdom, equal to thy might,
Only to thee, O God, is known!

Text Information

• First Line: O God, thou bottomless abyss!
• Author: J. Wesley
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Job 11:7
  ;
  Psalm 145:3
• Topic: Attributes of God: Independency; Perfection of God

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