The Worshipbook ‎#420

420. Holy God, We Praise Your Name

1 Holy God, we praise your name;
Lord of all, we bow before you;
All on earth your scepter claim,
All in heaven above 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 sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy Lord.

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,
And adoring bend the knee
While we own the mystery.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Holy God, we praise your name
• Title: Holy God, We Praise Your Name
• Translator: Clarence A. Walworth (1853, alt. 1972)
• Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:14
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Christian Year: Trinity Sunday; Other Observances: Ecumenism
• Source: Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch, ca. 1774

Tune Information

• Name: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
• Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch, ca. 1774
• Notes: Alt. in Schicht's Choral-Buch, 1819