O Mighty God

O mighty God

when I be­hold the won­der

Of na­ture’s beau­ty

wrought by words of Thine

And how Thou lead­est all from realms up yon­der

Sustaining earth­ly life in love be­nign

With rap­ture filled

my soul Thy name would laud

O migh­ty God! O migh­ty God!

With rap­ture filled

my soul Thy name would laud

O migh­ty God! O migh­ty God!

When I be­hold the heav­ens in their vast­ness

Where gold­en ships in az­ure is­sue forth

Where sun and moon keep watch up­on the fast­ness

Of chang­ing sea­sons and of time on earth

When I be­hold His Son to earth des­cend­ing

To help and heal and teach dis­tressed man­kind;

When ev­il flees and death in fear is bend­ing

Before the glo­ry of the Lord di­vine

When

crushed by guilt of sin

be­fore Him kneel­ing

I plead for mer­cy and for grace and peace

I feel His balm and

all my bruis­es heal­ing

He saves my soul and sets my heart at ease.

When fi­nal­ly the mists of time have van­ished

And I in truth my faith con­firmed shall see

Upon the shores where earth­ly ills are ban­ished

I en­ter

Lord

to dwell in peace with Thee.

With rap­ture filled

my soul Thy name would laud

Thanks be to Thee

O migh­ty God!

With rap­ture filled

my soul Thy name would laud

Thanks be to Thee

O migh­ty God!