1. "O LORD OUR GOD, HOW GREAT THOU ART"

(Words Uncle Davey, Cambridge 1985, Music George F. Handel 1685-1759 Tune name "Gopsal")

First published 10th January 2004, Go back to list of hymns, Go back to home page or Go to Bulletin Board
(NB. The picture to the right was taken in 1985, this is how I looked when I wrote this hymn.)

1.
O Lord, Our God, how great
Thou art, in all the Earth!
How excellent Thy name
Who causedst heaven's birth.
Who hast Thy glory set on high
O Lord, Thy name we magnify.

2.
Out of the mouths of babes
Thou hast ordained strength
Thine enemies to still
And be avenged at length
Lord, when Thy weak ones cry to Thee
Thou art at hand to set us free.

3.
When I consider all
The works Thy hand hath made
The sun, the moon and stars
Whose courses Thou hast laid
Then what is man, that Thou shouldst send
Thine only Son, his soul to mend?

4.
Thy mercy unto man
Transcendeth all our thought
Our sins were sore to scan
But Jesus Christ us sought
He bore our curse and misery
In agony on Calvary

5.
Because Christ all hath done
We hurry to believe
And bitterly repent
New, holy hearts receive
In filthy rags we did despair
But now Christ's righteousness we wear

6.
Redeemed, restored we stand
Thee ever to adore
By grace constrained to love,
We seek to know Thee more
In full assurance of Thy grace
We press to bow before Thy face

Direct links to the other hymns in the collection:
2. "Royal Priesthood, Holy Nation", Uncle Davey, 1985
3. "Thou art the LORD who art highly exalted", Uncle Davey, 1985
4. "O Precious saviour, draw thee near", Uncle Davey, 1985
5. "O Lord of Hosts, I bow to Thee", Uncle Davey, 1985
6. "For me to live is Christ", Uncle Davey, 1985
7. "I sought the praise of sinners", Uncle Davey, 1985
8. "The Lord above is keeping His watch upon my soul", Uncle Davey, 1985
9. "The earth had once one speech o'erall", Uncle Davey, 1984
10. "O blest and only potentate", Uncle Davey, 1986

" 1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" (Psalm 8, Authorised Version)

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