Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#128

128. How shall I sing that majesty

1 How shall I sing that Majesty
which angels do admire?
Let dust in dust and silence lie;
sing, sing, ye heavenly choir.
Thousands of thousands stand around
thy throne, O God most high;
ten thousand times ten thousand sound
thy praise; but who am I?

2 Thy brightness unto them appears,
whilst I thy footsteps trace;
a sound of God comes to my ears,
but they behold thy face.
They sing because thou art their Sun:
Lord, send a beam on me;
for where heaven is but once begun
there alleluias be.

3 How great a being, Lord, is thine,
which doth all beings keep!
Thy knowledge is the only line
to sound so vast a deep.
Thou art a sea without a shore,
a sun without a sphere;
thy time is now and evermore,
thy place is everywhere.

Text Information

• First Line: How shall I sing that majesty
• Author: John Mason (1646-1694)
• Meter: DCM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 2:10-11
  ;
  Daniel 7:9-10
  ;
  Job 26:14
  ;
  Matthew 18:10
  ;
  Psalm 84:11
  ;
  Psalm 104:1-3
  ;
  Psalm 139:17
  ;
  Revelation 5:11
  ;
  Revelation 7:11-12
• Topic: Adoration: Of God; God: in majesty; God: names and imags of

Tune Information

• Name: COE FEN
• Composer: Kenneth Nicholson Naylor (1931-1991)
• Meter: DCM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press