Hymn 71

How great is God Almighty and how worthy to be

Psalm 48

Verse 1

How great is God Almighty and how worthy to be

praised,

For the city of our holy God shall make the world

amazed;

His mountain ever beautiful before our vision

raised,

The joy of all the earth.

Verse 2

Glory be to God the Father,

Glory be to God the Saviour,

Glory to the Holy Spirit

Forever three in one.

In Zion city God Himself will be our sure defence,

All the kings of earth who ever reigned are stripped

of vain pretence;

They see His throne in glory and in fear they

scatter thence,

The power of all the earth!

Verse 3

Like eastward wind your mighty arm will sweep

Your foes away,

We have seen fulfilled in Zion all the truth of what

you say;

We think of your eternal love and sing now every

day,

The praise of all the earth!

Verse 4

The day shall come at last when every wrong is

turned to right,

We shall see in Zion’s citadel the ending of the

night;

In every generation men are passing on the light,

The God of all the earth!