Common Praise (1998) ‎#267

267. The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky

1 The God, whom earth and sea and sky
adore and laud and magnify,
whose might they own, whose praise they swell,
in Mary's womb vouchsafed to dwell.

2 The Lord, whom sun and moon obey,
whom all things serve from day to day,
was borne upon a maiden's breast
who fullest heavenly grace possessed.

3 How blest that mother, in whose shrine
the world's Creator, Lord divine,
whose hand contains the earth and sky,
vouchsafed, as in his ark, to lie;

4 blest in the message Gabriel brought,
blest by the work the Spirit wrought;
from whom the great Desire of earth,
took human flesh and human birth.

5 O Lord, the virgin-born, to thee
eternal praise and glory be,
whom in the Godhead we adore
forever and for evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: The God whom earth and sea and sky
• Title: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) (alt.)
• Author (attributed to): Venantius Fortunatus (540?-600?)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 45
  ;
  Isaiah 7:10-16
  ;
  Matthew 1:18-25
  ;
  Luke 2:22-40
• Topic: Mary
• Notes: Alternate tune: EISENACH 79, 644

Tune Information

• Name: O AMOR QUAM ECSTATICUS
• Harmonizer: Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
• Meter: LM
• Key: d minor
• Source: French
• Copyright: Harm. published by permission of the executors of the late Dr. Basil Harwood