Scripture Verse

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. Lamentations 3:22

Introduction

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Johan P. E. Hartmann (1805–1900)

Words: Bern­hardt S. In­ge­mann (1789–1862). Trans­lat­ed from Da­nish to Eng­lish by Paul C. Paul­sen, in the Hym­nal for Church and Home, ed­it­ed by Jens C. Aa­berg (Blair, Ne­bras­ka: Dan­ish Lut­her­an Pub­lish­ing House, 1927), num­ber 6.

Music: San Gen­na­ro Jo­han P. E. Har­tmann (1805–1900) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the or­ig­in­al Dan­ish title,

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Bernhardt S. Ingemann (1789–1862)

Lyrics

As wide as the skies is Thy mer­cy, O God;
Thy faith­ful­ness shield­eth cre­ation.
Thy boun­te­ous hand from the mount­ains abroad
Is stretched ov­er country and na­tion.

Like Heav­en’s em­brace is Thy mer­cy, O Lord;
In judg­ment pro­found Thou ap­pear­est.
Thou sav­est our souls through Thy life-giv­ing word,
The cries of Thy child­ren Thou hear­est.

How pre­cious Thy good­ness, O Fa­ther ab­ove,
Where child­ren of men are abid­ing.
Thou spread­est through dark­ness the wings of Thy love;
We un­der their pin­ions are hid­ing.

For lang­uish­ing souls Thou pre­par­est a rest;
The quiv­er­ing dove Thou pro­tect­est;
Thou giv­est us be­ing, eter­nal and blest,
In mer­cy our life Thou per­fect­est.