Hymns to the Living God ‎#34

34. How Marvelous God's Greatness

1 How marvelous God's greatness!
How glorious His might!
To this the world bears witness
in wonders day and night -
in form of flow'r and snowflake,
in morn's resplendent birth,
in afterglow at even,
in sky and sea and earth.

2 Each tiny flow'ret whispers
the great Life-giver's Name;
the mighty mountain masses
His majesty proclaim;
the hollow vales are hymning
God's shelter for His own;
the snowcapped peaks are pointing
to God's almighty throne.

3 The ocean's vast abysses
in one grand psalm record
the deep mysterious counsels
and mercies of the Lord;
the icy waves of winter
are thund'ring on the strand;
and grief's chill stream is guided
by God's all gracious hand.

4 The starry hosts are singing
thro' all the light strewn sky
of God's eternal temple
and palace courts on high;
when in these outer chambers
such glory gilds the night,
O, what transcendent brightness
is God's eternal light!

Text Information

• First Line: How marvelous God's greatness!
• Title: How Marvelous God's Greatness
• Author: Valdimar Briem (1886)
• Translator: Chalres Venn Pilcher (1958)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Revelation and Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: BLOMSTERTID
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
• Key: F Major
• Source: Swedish Koralbok, 1697