Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty.
1 Chronicles 29:11
Words: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795). Published posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818), number 2, alt. Greatness of God.
Music: Maitland George N. Allen, in The Oberlin Social and Sabbath Hymn Book, 1844 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Beddome (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Thy greatness, Lord, what thought can reach,
What mortal tongue can tell?
Thy throne is fixed, Thy power extends,
O’er Heaven and earth and hell.
Who can evade or who resist,
The vengeance of a God?
Thy wrath vindictive, once provoked,
Spreads terror all abroad.
The wide dominion and the power,
The sovereignty is Thine;
‘Tis Thine the universe to rule,
With majesty divine.
To Thee, by all the hosts of Heaven,
By all the human race,
Be everlasting honors given,
And universal praise.