
1 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens;
thy truth doth reach the clouds:
thy justice is like mountains great;
thy judgments deep as floods:
2 Lord, all creation thou dost keep.
How precious is thy grace!
Therefore in shadow of thy wings
we all our trust shall place.
3 We with the bounty of thy house
shall be well satisfied;
from rivers of thy pleasure thou
wilt drink to us provide.
4 Because of life the fountain pure
remains alone with thee;
and in that purest light of thine
we clearly light shall see.
Source: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #28
First Line: | Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens |
Title: | Thy Mercy, Lord |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Source: | Scottish Psalter, 1650 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens. [Ps. xxxvi.] In the American Presbyterian New Psalms and Hymns, 1901, No. 98, this is given as "Francis Rouse, published 1646." It is an extract from the Scottish Psalter of 1650.
--Excerpt from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)