The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16103

16103. Thy Greatness, Lord

1 Thy great­ness, Lord, what thought can reach,
What mor­tal tongue can tell?
Thy throne is fixed, Thy pow­er ex­tends,
O’er Hea­ven and earth and hell.

2 Who can evade or who resist,
The ven­geance of a God?
Thy wrath vin­dict­ive, once pro­voked,
Spreads ter­ror all abroad.

3 The wide do­min­ion and the pow­er,
The so­ve­reign­ty is Thine;
‘Tis Thine the uni­verse to rule,
With majes­ty di­vine.

4 To Thee, by all the hosts of Hea­ven,
By all the hu­man race,
Be ev­er­last­ing ho­nors given,
And uni­ver­sal praise.

Text Information

• First Line: Thy great­ness, Lord, what thought can reach
• Title: Thy Greatness, Lord
• Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MAITLAND
• Composer: George Nelson Allen (1844)
• Meter: CM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain