Praise
I Sing the Mighty Power of God
- Words:
- Isaac Watts, 1709.
- Music:
- 'Ellacombe' from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle, Wurttemberg, 1784.
- Setting:
- "Amore Dei", 1897.
- Metre:
- 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
- 1I sing the mighty pow'r of God,That made the mountains rise;That spread the flowing seas abroad,And built the lofty skies.I sing the wisdom that ordainedThe sun to rule the day:The moon shines full at His command,And all the stars obey.
- 2I sing the goodness of the Lord,That filled the earth with food:He formed the creatures with His word,And then pronounced them good.Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed,Where'er I turn my eye;If I survey the ground I tread,Or gaze upon the sky.
- 3There's not a plant or flow'r below,But makes Thy glories known;And clouds arise and tempests blow,By order from Thy throne.Creatures that borrow life from TheeAre subject to Thy care:There's not a place where we can flee,But God is present there.
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- The tune, Ellacombe, is in 751 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.