The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6811

6811. Thine, Lord, Is Wisdom, Thine Alone

1. Thine, Lord, is wisdom, Thine alone;
Justice and truth before Thee stand:
Yet, nearer to Thy sacred throne,
Mercy withholds Thy lifted hand.

2. Each evening shows Thy tender love,
Each rising morn Thy plenteous grace;
Thy wakened wrath doth slowly move,
Thy willing mercy flies apace.

3. To Thy benign, indulgent care,
Father, this light, this breath, we owe;
And all we have, and all we are,
From Thee, great Source of being, flow.

4. Thrice Holy! Thine the kingdom is,
The power omnipotent is Thine;
And when created nature dies,
Thy never ceasing glories shine.

Text Information

• First Line: Thine, Lord, is wisdom, Thine alone
• Title: Thine, Lord, Is Wisdom, Thine Alone
• German Title: O Gott, du Tiefe sonder Grund
• Author: Ernst Lange (1714)
• Translator (from German): John Wesley
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Neues geistreiches Gesangbuch, by Johann A. Freylinghausen, 1714; translation in Collection of Psalms and Hymns (Charleston, South Carolina: 17
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: The version below is a cento in the Scottish Evangelical Union Hymn Book of 1856.

Tune Information

• Name: WAREHAM
• Composer: William Knapp (1738)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11765 12171 23217
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain