82.

O Lord, my God

Concert key: Bb major

Chords key: Bb major (concert)
Structure: 4 verses and Chorus

Verse 1:
Bb Eb
O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder

Bb F Bb
consider all the works my hand hath made.

Bb Eb
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,

Bb F Bb
thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Chorus:
Eb/F Bb Eb Bb
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:

F Bb
how great thou art, how great thou art!

Bb/D Eb Bb
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:

Cm7 F Bb
how great thou art, how great thou art!

Verse 2:
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
and hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze:
Verse 4:
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
and take me home -- what joy shall fill my heart;
then shall I bow in humble adoration,
and there proclaim:my God, how great thou art:

Verse 3:
And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
sent him to die, I scarce can take it in
that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
he bled and died to take away my sin:

Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989)

vv. 1, 2, 4 based on O store Gud1885by
Carl Gustaf Boberg (1859-1940)
Words and Music: (c) 1953 The Stuart Hine Trust. All rights worldwide administered by Kingsway Communications Ltd. <tym@kingsway.co.uk>
(except USA administered by EMI CMG Publishing, and print rights administered by Hope Publishing Company.
All other rights in North, Central & S. America administered by Manna Music Inc.)

Produced by Rev’d Paul Wood and Adam Sanders on behalf of The Methodist Church of Great Britain.