The God Who Built the Lofty Sky

The God who built the lof­ty sky

And gave the vast cre­ation birth

Looks down from Heav’n with pi­ty­ing eye

E’en on the hum­blest thing of earth.

From Him the stars de­rived their birth;

He filled the chan­nels of the sea;

His are the flow­ers that deck the earth

And His—de­light­ful thought—are we.

Yes

down to us His care ex­tends

His gra­cious mer­cy we par­take

He gives us food

and health

and friends

And shields us sleep­ing or awake.

O

may our lips

at­tuned to praise

Express the fer­vor of our hearts

His may we be through all our days

And His in Heav’n when life de­parts.