Praise to the Holiest in the height

Praise to the Holiest in the height

And in the depth be praise:

In all His words most wonderful;

Most sure in all His ways.

O loving wisdom of our God

When all was sin and shame

He

the last Adam

to the fight

And to the rescue came.

O wisest love! that flesh and blood

Which did in Adam fail

Should strive afresh against the foe

Should strive and should prevail.

And that a higher gift than grace

Should flesh and blood refine

God’s presence

and His very self

And essence all-divine.

O generous love! that He

who smote

In man for man the foe

The double agony in man

For man should undergo.

And in the garden secretly

And on the cross on high

Should teach His brethren

and inspire

To suffer and to die.

Praise to the Holiest in the height

And in the depth be praise:

In all His words most wonderful;

Most sure in all His ways.