Text: | As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God |
Author: | B. S. Ingemann |
Translator: | P. C. Paulsen |
Tune: | INGEMANN |
Composer: | J. P. E. Hartmann |
1 As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God!
Thy faithfulness shieldeth creation.
Thy bounteous hand from the mountains abroad
Is stretched over country and nation.
2 Like heaven’s embrace is Thy love, O my Lord!
In judgment profound Thou appearest.
Thou savest our souls thro' Thy life-giving Word,
The cries of Thy children Thou hearest.
3 How precious Thy goodness, O Father above;
Where children of men are abiding,
Thou spreadest thro' darkness the wing of Thy love;
We under its pinions are hiding.
4 For languishing souls Thou preparest a rest,
The quivering dove Thou protectest;
Thou givest us being, eternal and blest,
In mercy our life Thou perfectest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God! |
Title: | As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God |
Translator: | P. C. Paulsen |
Author: | B. S. Ingemann |
Meter: | 11 9 11 9 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Means of Grace: God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | INGEMANN |
Composer: | J. P. E. Hartmann |
Meter: | 11 9 11 9 |
Key: | D Major |