132. Great God, we sing Your mighty hand

1 Great God, we sing Your mighty hand
by which supported still we stand;
the opening year Your mercy shows;
that mercy crowns its lingering close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
still are we guarded by our God;
by His incessant bounty fed,
by His unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
the future, all to us unknown,
we to Your guardian care commit,
and peaceful leave before Your feet.

4 In scenes exalted or depressed,
You are our joy, You are our rest;
Your goodness all our hopes shall raise,
adored through all our changing days.

5 When death shall interrupt these songs,
and seal in silence mortal tongues,
our helper God, in whom we trust,
shall keep our souls and guard our dust.

Text Information
First Line: Great God, we sing Your mighty hand
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 (alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: God Through the Years: New Year - Old Year
Tune Information
Name: WAREHAM
Composer: William Knapp, 1698-1768
Harmoniser: David Evans, 1874-1948
Meter: LM
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press



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