Text:Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Author (attributed to):Ignaz Franz
Translator (from German):Clarence A. Walworth
Translator (v. 7):Hugh T. Henry, 1862-1946
Tune:TE DEUM
Media:MIDI file

2525. Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

1. Holy God, we praise Thy name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.

2. Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

3. Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.

4. Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.

5. Thou art King of glory, Christ:
Son of God, yet born of Mary;
For us sinners sacrificed,
And to death a tributary:
First to break the bars of death,
Thou has opened Heaven to faith.

6. From Thy high celestial home,
Judge of all, again returning,
We believe that Thou shalt come
In the dreaded doomsday morning;
When Thy voice shall shake the earth,
And the startled dead come forth.

7. Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord:
Help Thy servants whom, redeeming
By Thy precious blood out-poured,
Thou hast saved from Satan’s scheming.
Give to them eternal rest
In the glory of the blest.

8. Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray,
By a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today,
Never let us be confounded.
Lo, I put my trust in Thee;
Never, Lord, abandon me.

Text Information
First Line: Holy God, we praise Thy name
Title: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
German Title: Grosser Gott, wir loben Dich
Author (attributed to): Ignaz Franz (1774)
Translator (from German): Clarence A. Walworth (1858)
Translator (v. 7): Hugh T. Henry, 1862-1946
Meter: 78.78.77
Language: English
Source: Maria Theresa's Katholisches Gesangbuch (Vienna: circa 1774)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: CHERUBIM, George F. Le Jeune, 1841-1904
Tune Information
Name: TE DEUM
Meter: 78.78.77
Incipit: 11171 21233 33455
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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