The New Century Hymnal ‎#276

276. Holy God, We Praise Your Name

1 Holy God, we praise your name;
Sovereign God, we bow before you:
All on earth your scepter claim,
all the heavenly hosts adore you.
Infinite your vast domain,
everlasting is your reign.

2 Hark, the glad celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising;
Cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising.
Fill the heavens with joys aflame:
holy, holy, is your name.

3 All apostles join the strain
as your sacred name they hallow;
Prophets swell the glad refrain,
and the blessed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
through the church the song goes on.

4 Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name you,
While in essence only one,
undivided God, we claim you;
So we gather reverently
to adore the mystery.

Text Information

• First Line: Holy God, we praise your name
• Title: Holy God, We Praise Your Name
• Author: Anon. (c. 1774)
• Translator: Clarence Alphonsus Walworth (1853, alt.)
• Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Revelation 4:8-11
• Topic: Adoration and Praise: God; God: Realm of; Pentecost: Trinity Sunday
• Source: German, c. 1774

Tune Information

• Name: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
• Alterer: Johann Gottfried Schicht
• Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Katholisches Gesangbuch, Vienna, c. 1774