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God's Wisdom

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: Of God The Being and Perfections of God First Line: Songs of immortal praise belong Lyrics: 1 Songs of immortal praise belong To my almighty God: He hath my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hand hath wrought! How glorious in our sight! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame! How wise th'eternal mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeemed the sons of men, He fixed sis cov'nant sure, The orders, that his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. 5 Nature, and time, and earth, and skies, Thy heav'nly skill proclaim. What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name? 6 To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race, Who best obeys thy will.

Holy and rev'rend is the name

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 217 hymnals Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Holy and rev'rend is the name Of our eternal King. Thrice holy, Lord! the angels cry, Thrice holy, let us sing. 2 Holy is he in all his works, And saints are his delight; But sinners and their wicked ways Are hateful in his sight. 3 The deepest rev'rence, homage, love, Pay, O my soul to God; Lift with thy hands a holy heart To his sublime abode. 4 Thou, righteous God! preserve my mind From all pollution free; Thine image form within my breast, That I thy face may see.

God eternal and unchangeable

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 322 hymnals Topics: Of God The Being and Perfections of God First Line: Great God, how infinite art thou! Lyrics: 1 Great God, how infinite art thou! How frail and weak are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or heav'n was made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Nature and time all open lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the last awful day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present to thy view. To Thee there’s nothing old appears, Great God! there’s nothing new. 5 Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares; While Thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturb'd affairs. 6 Great God, how infinite art thou! How frail and weak are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee.

God is a Spirit, just and wise

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 156 hymnals Topics: Of God The Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 God is a Spirit, just and wise; He sees our inmost mind. In vain to heav'n we raise our cries, And leave our souls behind. 2 Nothing but truth before his throne With honor can appear. The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bending knees the ground; But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord! search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere; Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there.

Divine Knowledge from Creation

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Creation Proves the being and perfections of God; Creation Proves the being and perfections of God First Line: The book of nature open lies Lyrics: 1 The book of nature open lies, With much instruction stor'd; But till the LORD anoints our eyes, We cannot read a word. 2 The knowledge of the saints excels The wisdom of the schools; To them his secrets God reveals, Tho' men account them fools. 3 To them the sun and stars on high, The flow'rs that paint the field, And all the artless birds that fly, Divine instruction yield. 4 The creatures on their senses press, As witnesses to prove Their Saviour's pow'r and faithfulness, His providence and love. 5 Thus may we study nature's book, To make us wise indeed! And pity those who only look At what they cannot read.

God Gracious to All

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 234 hymnals Topics: Of God The Being and Perfections of God First Line: Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace, O God, my heav’nly King! Let age to age thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies. Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. 3 With longing eyes, thy creatures wait On thee for daily food; Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord! How slow Thine anger moves! But soon he sends his pardoning word, To cheer the souls he loves. 5 Creatures with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim; But saints, who taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name.

God no Respector of persons

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Of God The Being and Perfections of God First Line: With eye impartial, heav'n's high King Lyrics: 1 With eye impartial, heav'n's high King Surveys each human tribe; No earthly pomp his eyes can charm, Nor wealth his favor bribe. 2 The rich and poor, of equal clay, His pow'rful hand did frame; All souls are his, and him alike Their common Parent claim. 3 Ye sons of men of high degree, Your great Superior own; Praise him for all his gifts, and pay Your homage at his throne. 4 Trust in the Lord, ye humble poor, And banish ev'ry fear: The God you serve will ne'er forsake The man of heart sincere.

God's Mercy great and eternal

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 467 hymnals Topics: Of God The Being and Perfections of God First Line: My soul, repeat his praise Lyrics: 1 My soul, repeat his praise, Whose mercies are so great; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide; And, when his wrath is felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. 3 High as the heav’ns are raised Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of His grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 4 His grace subdues our sins; And his forgiving love, Far as the east is from the west, Doth all our guilt remove. 5 The pity of the Lord To those that fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel; He knows our feeble frame. 6 Our days as are the grass, Or like the morning flower! If one sharp blast sweep o’er the field, It withers in an hour. 7 But Thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure; And children’s children ever find Thy words of promise sure.

Ye sons of men in sacred lays

Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Being and Perfections of God

Strength from Heaven

Appears in 75 hymnals Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: Whence do our mournful Thoughts arise Lyrics: 1 Whence do our mournful Thoughts arise? And where's our Courage fled? Have restless Sin and raging Hell Struck all our Comforts dead? 2 Have we forgot the Almighty Name That form'd the Earth and Sea? And can an all-creating Arm Grow weary, or decay? 3 Treasures of everlasting Might In our Jehovah dwell; He gives the Conquest to the Weak And treads their Foes to Hell. 4 Mere mortal Power shall fade and die, And youthful Vigour cease: But we that wait upon the Lord, Shall feel our Strength increase. 5 The Saints shall mount on eagles Wings, And taste the promis'd Bliss, 'Till their unwearied Feet arrive Where perfect Pleasure is. Scripture: Isaiah 60:27-30