O God, Thou High and Lofty One

O God

Thou high and lof­ty One

Transcending all the roll­ing spheres

Who wast

and art

and art to come

The same through ev­er­last­ing years.

Thee would we wor­ship and adore

Thy name ex­tol for­ev­er­more.

Thou art the fram­er of the skies;

The heav’ns Thy glo­ry do de­clare;

And na­ture’s won­drous mys­ter­ies

In earth and sky and sea and air

Thy im­man­ence fore’er pro­claim

Throughout her uni­vers­al frame.

To all Thy works thy pow­er ex­tends;

Omnipotent we know Thou art;

Thy wis­dom match­less com­pre­hends

The uni­verse in ev­ery part:

Past

pre­sent

fu­ture

un­to Thee

Are known—one vast eter­ni­ty.

Thou art Thy­self in ev­ery place

Infinite life and light and love

Confined to nei­ther time nor space;

None from Thy pre­sence can re­move

Nor any soul hide aught from Thee

Whose pre­sence fills im­men­si­ty.

Prostrate be­fore Thy throne we fall

With rev­er­ence wor­ship and adore;

Thou art Je­ho­vah

ov­er all

God bless­èd now and ev­er­more;

Unworthy we to lisp thy name

Yet just­ly Thou our praise dost claim.

Search Thou our hearts

try all with­in;

Our hearts are op­en

Lord

to Thee;

And if Thou seest aught un­clean

From its de­file­ment set us free;

Then lead us forth from day to day

Within the ev­er­last­ing way.