O God, We Praise Thee, and Confess

O God

we praise Thee

and con­fess

That Thou the on­ly Lord

And ev­er­last­ing Fa­ther art

By all the earth ad­ored.

To Thee all an­gels cry aloud;

To Thee the pow’rs on high

Both cher­ub­im and se­ra­phim

Continually do cry.

O ho­ly

ho­ly

ho­ly

Lord

Whom heav’n­ly hosts ob­ey

The world is with the glo­ry filled

Of Thy ma­jes­tic sway!

Th’apos­tles’ glo­ri­ous com­pa­ny

And pro­phets crowned with light

With all the mar­tyrs’ no­ble host

Thy con­stant praise re­cite.

The ho­ly Church through­out the world

O Lord

con­fess­es Thee

That Thou eter­nal Fa­ther art

Of bound­less ma­jes­ty.

Thine hon­ored

true and on­ly Son;

And Holy Ghost

the Spring

Of nev­er ceas­ing joy; O Christ

Of glo­ry Thou art king.