The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#132

132. Great God, we sing Your mighty hand

1 Great God, we sing Your mighty hand
by which supported still we stand;
the opening year Your mercy shows;
that mercy crowns its lingering close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
still are we guarded by our God;
by His incessant bounty fed,
by His unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
the future, all to us unknown,
we to Your guardian care commit,
and peaceful leave before Your feet.

4 In scenes exalted or depressed,
You are our joy, You are our rest;
Your goodness all our hopes shall raise,
adored through all our changing days.

5 When death shall interrupt these songs,
and seal in silence mortal tongues,
our helper God, in whom we trust,
shall keep our souls and guard our dust.

Text Information

• First Line: Great God, we sing Your mighty hand
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: God Through the Years: New Year - Old Year

Tune Information

• Name: WAREHAM
• Composer: William Knapp, 1698-1768
• Harmoniser: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
• Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press