Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#482

482. Great God! we sing that mighty Hand

1 Great God! we sing that mighty Hand
By which, supported still, we stand:
The opening year Thy mercy shows;
Let mercy crown it to its close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God;
By His incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commit,
And, peaceful, leave before Thy feet.

4 In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be Thou our joy, and Thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.

5 When death shall interrupt these songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our Helper, God, in Whom we trust,
In better worlds our souls shall boast.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Great God! we sing that mighty Hand
• Author: Philip Doddridge, d. 1751
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: New Year

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GREGORY
• Altered by: William H. Monk (1861)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: König's Choralbuch, 1738