How wondrous and great › Representative Texts

1 How wondrous and great Thy Works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee, and honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy, Thou only supreme!

2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown:
Their worship and vows shall come to Thy throne.
Thy truth and Thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's every people confess Thee their God.

Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #306b

1 How wondrous and great
Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints,
And true are Thy ways!
Oh, who shall not fear Thee,
And honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy,
Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark
Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows
Shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments
Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth’s every people
Confess Thee their God.

Amen.

Hymnal and Order of Service: for churches and Sunday-schools #207a

1 How wondrous and great
Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints,
And true are Thy ways!
Oh, who shall not fear Thee,
And honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy,
Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark
Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows
Shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments
Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth’s every people
Confess Thee their God.

Amen.

Hymnal and Order of Service: for churches and Sunday-schools #207b

1 How wondrous and great
Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints,
And true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee,
And honour Thy Name?
Thou only art holy,
Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark
Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows
Shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments
Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's every people
Confess Thee their God.

Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America #35

1. How wondrous and great thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are thy ways!
O who shall not fear thee and honor thy name?
Thou only art holy, thou only supreme.

2. To nations long dark thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows shall come to thy throne;
Thy truth and thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's every people confess thee their God.

Hymns for Youth #155

1 How wondrous and great
Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints,
And true are Thy ways!
Oh, who shall not fear Thee,
And honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy,
Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark
Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows
Shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments
Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's ev'ry people
Confess Thee their God.

Lutherförbundets Sångbok #E109

1 How wondrous and great Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee, and honour Thy Name!
Thou only, art holy, Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows shall come to Thy throne!
Thy truth and Thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's ev'ry people confess Thee the Lord.

The Church Hymnal: containing hymns approved and set forth by the general conventions of 1892 and 1916; together with hymns for the use of guilds and brotherhoods, and for special occasions (Rev. ed) #439

1. How wondrous and great Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, And true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee, And honor Thy name?
Thou only art holy, Thou only supreme.

2. To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows Shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth’s every people Confess Thee their God.

The Cyber Hymnal #2682

1 How wondrous and great thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are thy ways!
O who shall not fear thee, and honor thy Name?
Thou only art holy, thou only supreme.

2 To nations of earth thy light shall be shown;
their worship and vows shall come to thy throne:
thy truth and thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
till earth's every people confess thee their God.


The Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #532

1 How wondrous and great thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are thy ways!
O who shall not fear thee, and honor thy Name?
Thou only art holy, thou only supreme.

2 To nations of earth thy light shall be shown;
their worship and vows shall come to thy throne:
thy truth and thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
till earth's every people confess thee their God.


The Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #533

1 How wondrous and great Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee, and honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy, Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
Till earth’s every people confess Thee their God.

Amen.

The Hymnal and Order of Service #372

1 How wondrous and great Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee, and honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy, Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
Till earth’s every people confess Thee their God.

Amen.

The Hymnal and Order of Service #372

1 How wondrous and great
Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints,
And true are Thy ways!
Oh, who shall not fear Thee,
And honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy,
Thou only supreme.

2 To nations long dark
Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows
Shall come to Thy throne:
Thy truth and Thy judgments
Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's every people
Confess Thee their God.

Amen.

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #467

How wondrous and great
Thy works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints,
And true are thy ways!
O who shall not fear thee,
And honour thy Name?
Thou only art holy,
Thou only supreme.

To nations long dark
Thy light shall be shown;
Their worship and vows
Shall come to thy throne:
Thy truth and thy judgments
Shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's every people
Confess thee their God.

Amen.



The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916 #254