CPWI Hymnal ‎#226

226. 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, c1645-1694
• Meter: C.M. D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: General Hymns: God the Father

Tune Information

• Name: KINGSFOLD
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: C.M. D
• Key: e minor
• Source: English Traditional Melody, collected by Lucy Broadwood, 1858-1929