The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#64

64. 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 prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored!

3 How wonderful, how beautiful,
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And awful purity!

4 O how I fear Thee, living God!
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears!

5 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.

6 No earthly father loves like Thee,
No mother e’er so mild,
Bears and forbears, as Thou hast done
With me, Thy sinful child.

7 My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thou everlasting Friend!
On Thee I stay my trusting heart,
Till faith in vision end.

Text Information

• First Line: My God! how wonderful Thou art
• Author: F. W. Faber (1849)
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: His Majesty and Glory; God: His Goodness and love; God: Eternal

Tune Information

• Name: [My God! how wonderful thou art]
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E Major
• Source: Scotch Psalter, 1615