THOU, THE GREAT, ETERNAL GOD

“How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” Romans 11:33

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns for Child­ren, 1763.

Music: Gil­e­ad (To­ron­to), com­pos­er un­known, in the Meth­od­ist Hymn and Tune Book (To­ron­to, Can­a­da: Meth­od­ist Book and Pub­lish­ing House, 1894), num­ber 59 (MI­DI, score). Al­ter­nate tune:

  • Sherbourne, from the 9th Sym­pho­ny of Lud­wig van Beet­ho­ven (MI­DI, score)

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Thou, the great, eternal God,
Art high above our thought!
Worthy to be feared, adored,
By all Thy hands have wrought:
None can with Thyself compare;
Thy glory fills both earth and sky;
We, and all thy creatures, are
As nothing in Thine eyes.

Of Thy great unbounded power
To Thee the praise we give,
Infinitely great, and more
Than heart can e’er conceive:
When Thou wilt to work proceed,
Thy purpose firm none can withstand,
Frustrate the determined deed,
Or stay the almighty hand.

Thou, our God, art wise alone;
Thy counsel doth excel;
Wonderful Thy works we own,
Thy ways unsearchable;
Who can sound the mystery,
Thy judgments’ deep abyss explain,
Thine, whose eyes in darkness see,
And search the heart of man?

08/11/2007 20:47:57