As Wide as the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God

As wide as the skies is Thy mer­cy

O God;

Thy faith­ful­ness shield­eth cre­ation.

Thy boun­te­ous hand from the mount­ains abroad

Is stretched ov­er country and na­tion.

Like Heav­en’s em­brace is Thy mer­cy

O Lord;

In judg­ment pro­found Thou ap­pear­est.

Thou sav­est our souls through Thy life-giv­ing word

The cries of Thy child­ren Thou hear­est.

How pre­cious Thy good­ness

O Fa­ther ab­ove

Where child­ren of men are abid­ing.

Thou spread­est through dark­ness the wings of Thy love;

We un­der their pin­ions are hid­ing.

For lang­uish­ing souls Thou pre­par­est a rest;

The quiv­er­ing dove Thou pro­tect­est;

Thou giv­est us be­ing

eter­nal and blest

In mer­cy our life Thou per­fect­est.