Rejoice in the Lord ‎#342

342. O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
how passing thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake!

2 For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptation sharp he knew,
for us the tempter overthrew.

3 For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us his daily works he wrought:
by words and signs and actions thus
still seeking not himself, but us.

4 For us to evil pow'r betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death,
for us gave up his dying breath.

5 For us he rose from death again;
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to comfort, and to cheer.

6 All glory to our Lord and God
for love so deep, so high, so broad --
the Trinity, whom we adore
forever and forevermore.

Text Information

• First Line: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high
• Title: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
• Author (attr.): Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
• Translator: Benjamin Webb (1851, alt.)
• Translator: J. M. Neale (1851, alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Matthew 3:1
  ;
  Matthew 4:1-11
  ;
  Mark 1:1-8
  ;
  Mark 1:12-13
  ;
  Luke 3:1
  ;
  Luke 4:1-13
  ;
  John 14:16
  ;
  Ephesians 3:18
  ;
  Philippians 2:7
• Topic: Doxologies (Other, last verses of); Jesus Christ: Life and Ministry
• Source: O amor quam ecstaticus

Tune Information

• Name: DEO GRACIAS (AGINCOURT SONG)
• Meter: LM
• Key: c minor
• Source: 15th-century English melody