The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4902

4902. O God, Our Maker, Throned on High

1. O God, our maker, throned on high,
The earth is Thine, and Thine the sky,
Th’adoring sun obeys Thy will,
And countless stars Thy laws fulfill.

2. The lengthening light of summer day,
The winter frost, Thy power display,
Nature proclaims Thy sovereign skill;
Man, and man only, spurns Thy will.

3. The wicked sit on earth’s high seat,
And tread the holy ’neath their feet;
Good goes so crookedly astray,
Bright deeds lie hidden oft away.

4. Great God! Who seest from above,
Regard us with Thy pitying love,
Perplexed by doubts, with toil and strife,
We ask more light—we long for life.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, our maker, throned on high
• Title: O God, Our Maker, Throned on High
• Latin Title: O stelliferi conditor orbis
• Author (attributed to): King Alfred
• Adapter: Robert M. Moorsom
• Translator (from Latin): Martin F. Tupper
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Re-metered in Renderings of Church Hymns, 1901, page 68; translation in King Alfred's Poems, 1850, page 18
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CHARNWOOD
• Composer: Charles Edward Moberly, 1820-1893
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 32255 65116 55433
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Public Domain