O great God, when I behold that world
You have created with your omnipotent word,
How your wisdom guides the threads of life,
And all beings are fed at your table
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
When I consider the high wonders of heaven,
Where golden vessels plow the ether blue,
And sun and moon measure the moments of time
And alternate, as two bells go
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
When I hear the voice of thunder in the storm roaring
And the blades of lightning run out of the sky,
When the cold, fresh winds of the rain whistle
And the bow of promise shines in my sight
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
When the summer wind blows over the fields,
When flowers scent the spring's shore,
When thrushes trill in the green tents
From the silent, dark edge of the pine forest
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!
Then my soul bursts forth into praise
O great God, O great God!