The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16484

16484. As Wide As The Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God

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 mer­cy, O Lord;
In judg­ment pro­found Thou ap­pear­est.
Thou sav­est our souls through 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 through dark­ness the wings of Thy love;
We un­der their 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

• First Line: As wide as the skies is Thy mer­cy, O God
• Title: As Wide As The Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
• Author: Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1789-1862
• Translator: Paul C. Paulsen
• Meter: 11.9.11.9
• Language: English
• Source: Hymnal for Church and Home by Jens C. Aaberg (Blair, Neb: Danish Lutheran Publishing House, 1927)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SAN GENNARO
• Composer: Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, 1805-1900
• Meter: 11.9.11.9
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain