Ye Holy Souls, in God Rejoice

Ye ho­ly souls in God re­joice

Your mak­er’s praise be­comes your voice;

Great is your theme

your songs be new:

Sing of His name

His Word

His ways

His works of na­ture and of grace

How wise and ho­ly

just and true!

Justice and truth He ev­er loves

And the whole earth His good­ness proves

His Word the heav’n­ly arch­es spread:

How wide they shine from north to south!

And by the spir­it of His mouth

Were all the star­ry ar­mies made.

He ga­thers the wide flow­ing seas

Those wa­te­ry trea­sures know their place

In the vast store­house of the deep.

He spake

and gave all na­ture birth;

And fires

and seas

and Heav’n

and earth;

His ev­er­last­ing or­ders keep.

Let mor­tals trem­ble and ad­ore

A God of such re­sist­less pow­er

Nor dare in­dulge their fee­ble rage:

Vain are your thoughts

and weak your hands;

But His eter­nal coun­sel stands

And rules the world from age to age.