The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4880

4880. O God, Most Holy Are Thy Ways

1. O God, most holy are Thy ways,
And who like Thee deserves my praise?
Thou only doest wondrous things,
The whole wide world Thy glory sings;
Thine outstretched arm Thy people saved,
Though sore distressed and long enslaved.

2. O God, from Thee the waters fled,
The depths were moved with mighty dread,
The swelling clouds their torrents poured,
And o’er the earth the tempest roared;
’Mid lightning’s flash and thunder’s sound
Great trembling shook the solid ground.

3. Thy way was in the sea, O God,
Through mighty waters, deep and broad;
None understood but God alone,
To man Thy footsteps were unknown;
But safe Thy people Thou didst keep,
Almighty Shepherd of Thy sheep.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, most holy are Thy ways
• Title: O God, Most Holy Are Thy Ways
• Author: Anonymous (1912)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Language: English
• Source: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 211
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: VATER UNSER
• Composer: Anonymous (1539)
• Harmonizer: Jo­hann S. Bach (1726)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Incipit: 55345 32155 47534
• Key: c minor
• Source: Geist­liche Lied­er (Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny: 1539)
• Copyright: Public Domain