My God, How Wonderful Thou Art

Words: Frederick W. Faber · Music: James Turle · 1849

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 wonderful, how beautiful,
the sight of thee must be,
thine endless wisdom, boundless pow'r,
and awesome purity!

Verse 4
Oh, how I fear thee, living God,
with deepest, tend'rest 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.

Words: Frederick W. Faber, 1849, alt. | Music: James Turle, 1835

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