Thou Art Merciful, O Father
- Words:
- Psalm 103:8-22, Arr. by Elmer L. Jorgenson
- Music:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arr. by Elmer L. Jorgenson
Sheet music
- 1Thou art merciful, O Father,Full of pity, love and grace;Thou wilt not forever chasten,Nor in anger hide Thy face.High as heaven– vast and boundless,Hath Thy loving-kindness been;Far as east from west is distantHast Thou put away our sin.
- 2Like a Father’s tender pityIs God’s mercy tow’rd His own;For He knows our frame, rememb’ringWe are dust, our days soon gone.Like a flower, blooming, fading,Like the grass, we pass away;But God’s righteousness and mercyOn His children rest alway.!
- 3In the heavens, well established,Is His universal throne;For His kingdom ruleth ever,And His sway all kings shall own.Bless Jehovah, ye, His angels,Bless Him, hosts of His control.Bless Jehovah all His creatures,Bless Jehovah, O my soul!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1921, the words are in 7 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.