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The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God

Author: Blacklock Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord, thou with an unerring beam Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou with an unerring beam Surveyest all my powers; My rising steps are watch'd by thee, By thee, my resting hours. 2 My thoughts, scarce struggling in to birth Great God, are known to thee: Abroad, at home, still I'm inclos'd With thine immensity. 3 To thee the labyrinths of life In open view appear; Nor steals a whisper from my lips Without thy listening ear. 4 Behind I glance, and thou art there; Before me shines thy name; And 'tis thy strong almighty hand Sustains my tender frame. 5 Such knowledge mocks the vain essays Of my astonish'd mind; Nor can my reason's soaring eye Its towering summit find. Pause. 6 Where from thy spirit shall I stretch The pinions of my flight? Or where, thro' nature's spacious range, Shall I elude thy sight? 7 Scal'd I the skies; the blaze divine Would overwhelm my soul: Plung'd I to hell; there should I hear Thine awful thunders roll. 8 If on a morning's darting ray With matchless speed I rode, And flew to the wild lonely shore, That bounds the ocean's flood; 9 Thither thine hand, all-present God, Must guide the wondrous way, And thine omnipotence support The fabric of my clay. 10 Should I involve myself around With clouds of tenfold night, The clouds would shine like blazing noon Before thy piercing sight. 11 "The beams of noon, the midnight hour "Are both alike to thee: "O may I ne'er provoke that power, "From which I cannot flee!" Topics: God; Omnipresence and omniscience of God

Searcher of hearts, to thee are known

Author: Montgomery Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: God omnipresent and omniscient; Omnipresence and omniscience of God

I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry

Author: John Ylvisaker, b. 1937 Meter: 9.7.9.6 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: "I was there to hear your borning cry Topics: Creation, Preservation Used With Tune: WATERLIFE

When all Thy mercies, O my God!

Author: Joseph Addison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,006 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:17 Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Divine Glory in Creation and Providence Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD

Be Thou My Vision

Author: Mary E. Byrne; Eleanor Hull Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 164 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:17-18 First Line: Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art; thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. 2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true Word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou my soul’s shelter, and thou my high tower; raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power. 3 Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise; thou, mine inheritance, now and always; thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art. 4 High King of Heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all. Topics: Christian Year Ash Wednesday; Commitment; Dying in Christ; Light; Living in Christ; Scripture; Teaching/Education; The Word; Wisdom; Youth Used With Tune: SLANE Text Sources: Irish poem

Praise for the Blessings of Providence and grace

Author: Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 132 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Almighty father, gracious Lord Lyrics: 1 Almighty father, gracious Lord, Kind guardian of my days, Thy mercies let my heart record In songs of grateful praise. 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame Was thy indulgent care, Long ere I could pronounce thy name, Or breathe the infant prayer. 3 [Around my path what dangers rose! What snares spread all my road! No power could guard me from my foes, But my preserver, God. 4 How many blessings round me shone, Where'er I turn'd my eye! How many past almost unknown, Or unregarded, by!] 5 Each rolling year new favors brought From thy exhaustless store: But ah! in vain my laboring thought Would count thy mercies o'er. 6 While sweet reflection thro' my days Thy bounteous hand would trace: Still dearer blessings claim thy praise, The blessings of thy grace. 7 Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord, For favors more divine: That I have known thy sacred word, Where all thy glories shine. 8 Lord, when this mortal frame decays, And every weakness dies, Complete the wonders of thy grace, And raise me to the skies. 9 Then shall my joyful powers unite In more exalted lays, And Join the happy sons of light In everlasting praise. Topics: Creation and Providence; Praise to God for the blessings of providence and grace; Praise for the blessing of Providence

Father of spirits! Nature's God!

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: God knows our Hearts and Ways; Omnipresence and omniscience of God Text Sources: Spirit of the Psalms

Lord God of Hosts, Whose Purpose, Never Swerving

Author: Shepherd Knapp Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 43 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:17 Lyrics: 1 Lord God of Hosts, whose purpose, never swerving, leads toward the day of Jesus Christ thy Son, grant us to march among thy faithful legions, armed with thy courage, till the world is won. 2 Strong Son of God, whose work was his that sent thee, one with the Father, thought and deed and word, one make us all, true comrades in thy service, and make us one in thee with God the Lord. 3 O Prince of Peace, thou bringer of good tidings, teach us to speak thy word of hope and cheer-- rest for the soul, and strength for all our striving, light for the path of life, and God brought near. 4 Lord God, whose grace has called us to thy service, wow good thy thoughts toward us, how great their sum! We work with thee, we go where thou wilt lead us, until in all the earth thy kingdom come. Topics: Warfare, Spiritual Used With Tune: WELWYN

Herr! du erforschest mich

Author: E. Kuester Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Lyrics: 1 Herr! du erforschest mich, Dir bin ich nie verborgen; Du kennst mein ganzes Thun, Siehst alle meine sorgen. Was meine Seele denkt, War dir bereits bekannt, Eh' der gedanke noch In meiner feel entstand. 2 Nie spricht mein Mund ein wort, Das du, O Herr! nicht wissest. Du schaffest, was ich thu'; Du ordnest, du beschliessest, Was mir begegnen soll. Erstaunt seh' ich auf dich; Wie groß ist dein verstand, Wie wunderbar für mich. 3 Wohin, wohin soll ich Vor deinem Geiste fliehen? Un welchen oft kann ich Mich deinem aug' entziehen? Führ' ich zum Himmel auf: So bist du Höchster! da; Führ ich zur tief' hinab; Auch hier bist du mir nah! 4 Nähm; ich auch, schnell zu fliehn, Die sittige vom morgen: Selbst an dem fernsten Meer Bleib ich hier auch gleich Den menschen unbekannt: Gott! so umschlösse mich Doch deiner Allmacht hand. 5 Wollt' ich in Finsternis Mich deinem aug' entziehen; So sucht' ich doch umsonst Auch da dir zu entfliehen. Denn auch die Finsternis Ist vor dir helles licht; Die nacht glänzt wie der tag, Vor deinem Angesicht. 6 Im Mutterliebe schon War ich von dir umgeben, Von dir gebildet, Gott! Von dir geführt in's leben. Ich danke dir, daß du Mich wunderbar gemacht, Und meiner, eh' ich war, Schon väterlich gedacht. 7 Du kanntest mein Gebein, Eh' ich ans licht gekommen, Da ich im dunkeln erst Die Bildung angenommen; Dein Auge sah mich schon, Eh' ich bereitet war, Und meiner tage lauf War dir schon offenbar. 8 Was für Erkenntnisse, Für köstliche Gedanken! Unzahlbar sind sie mir; Denn sie sind ohne Schranken. Mit Ehrfurcht will ich stets Auf dich, mein Schöpfer feh'n, Dir folgen und dein lob, So gut ich kann, erhöh'n. 9 Erforsche mich, mein Gott! Und prüfe, wie ochs meine, Ob ich rechtschaffen bin, Wie ich von auffen scheine. Sieh, ob mein fuß vielleicht Sich einem Irrweg naht, Und leite meinen gang Auf ebnen, sichern Pfad. Topics: Wahrheiten, welche aus der Erkenntniß fließen Von Gottes Daseyn

God the sculptor of the mountains

Author: John Thornburg (b. 1954) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:13-16 Topics: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Threefold God: God Used With Tune: SANDRIA