Psalms and Hymns to the Living God ‎#157

157. Holy God, We Praise Your Name

1 Holy God, we praise Your name;
Lord of all, we bow before You.
Saints on earth Your scepter claim;
all in heav'n above adore You.
Infinite, Your vast domain;
everlasting is Your reign.

2 Hark, the glad celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising;
cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising,
fill the heav'ns with sweet accord:
“Holy, holy, holy Lord!”

3 Lo, the apostolic train
joins Your sacred name to hallow;
prophets swell the glad refrain,
and the white-robed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun,
through the church the song goes on.

4 Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, three we name You,
though in essence only one;
undivided God, we claim You,
and, adoring, bend the knee
while we own the mystery.

Text Information

• First Line: Holy God, we praise Your name
• Title: Holy God, We Praise Your Name
• Versifier: Ignace Franz (1768)
• Translator: Clarence Walworth (1853, alt.)
• Meter: 78 78 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2023
• Topic: Revelation and Adoration
• Source: Te Deum, c. 4th cent.

Tune Information

• Name: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
• Harmonizer: Johann Gottfried Schicht (1819)
• Meter: 78 78 77
• Key: F Major
• Source: Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch, c. 1774