1 God is the name my soul adores,
Almighty, high, Eternal One:
Both heaven and earth, with all their powers,
Proclaim the Infinite Unknown.

2 Thy voice ordained the rolling spheres,
And bade the countless planets shine;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.

3 Still restless nature dies and grows,
From change to change thy creatures run;
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.

4 A glance of thine runs through the globe,
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;
Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe;
Thy ministers are living flame.

5 How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,
And see but shadows of thy face.

6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might;
None but thy word can speak thy name.