The Hymnal ‎#122

122. Heaven and earth and sea and air

1 Heaven and earth and sea and air
God's eternal praise declare;
Up, my soul, awake and raise
Grateful hymns and songs of praise.
See the sun with glorious ray
Pierce the clouds at opening day;
Moon and stars in splendor bright
Praise their God through silent night.

2 See how earth, with beauty checked,
Tells a heavenly Architect;
Woods and fields, with lowing kine,
Show their Maker all divine.
See the birds, how, pair by pair,
Swift they cleave the yielding air;
Thunder, lightning, storm, and wind
God doth at his will unbind.

3 See the billows tumbling o'er,
Chafing with incessant roar;
Hear them as thy sink and swell
Loud their Maker's praises tell.
Through the world, great God, I trace
Wonders of thy power and grace.
Write more deeply on my heart
What I am, and that thou art.

Text Information

• First Line: Heaven and earth and sea and air
• Translator: Cox
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1956
• Scripture:
  Psalm 135:1-7
• Topic: Evening; Grace; Morning; Music; God in Nature; God's power; Praise; God the Father: Majesty and Omnipotence
• Source: German
• Notes: I Nephi 5:126, 130, 131; D. and C. 39:1

Tune Information

• Name: MAIDSTONE
• Composer: Walter B. Gilbert, 1829-1910
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.D.
• Key: D Major