My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
"I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit" - Isa 57:15
VERSE 1
My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy Majesty how bright!
How beautiful Thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!
VERSE 2
How dread are Thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored!
VERSE 3
How beautiful, how beautiful,
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power
And awful purity!
VERSE 4
O how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears!
VERSE 5
Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art,
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
VERSE 6
No earthly father loves like Thee;
No mother, e'er so mild,
Bears and forbears as Thou hast done
With me, Thy sinful child.
VERSE 7
Father of Jesus, love's reward,
What rapture will it be,
Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,
And gaze, and gaze on Thee!