Trinity Hymnal ‎#31

31. My God, how wonderful thou art

1 My God, how wonderful thou art,
Thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!

2 How dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
By holy angels, day and night,
Incessantly adored!

3 O how I fear thee, living God,
With deepest, tend'rest fears;
And worship thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears.

4 Yet I may love thee too,
O Lord, Almighty as thou art;
For thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.

5 No earthly father loves like thee,
No mother half so mild
Bears and forbears, as thou hast done
With me, thy sinful child.

6 How wonderful, how beautiful,
The sight of thee will be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And aweful purity!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My God, how wonderful thou art
• Author: Frederick W. Faber (1848)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Psalm 113:5-6
  ;
  Isaiah 57:15
• Topic: Angels; Beauty of Christ or God; Fear of God; God: Being of; God: Divine Perfections of; God: Eternity of; God: Glory of; God: Immutability of; God: Incomprehensibility of; God: Love and Grace of; God: Majesty of; Heaven: Worship in; Mercy-seat; Reverence

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ETHELDREDA
• Composer: Thomas Turton, 1780-1884
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: F Major