Begin, My Tongue, Some Heav’nly Theme (EN 1684)

EN 1684 Begin, My Tongue, Some Heav’nly Theme

Ps.119.72

Versi Version 1

1

Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme

And speak some boundless thing;

The mighty works, or mightier Name

Of our eternal King.

2

Tell of His wonderful faithfulness

And sound His power abroad;

Sing the sweet promise of His grace,

The love and truth of God.

[originally, And the performing God]

3

Proclaim “salvation from the Lord

For wretched, dying men”;

His hand has writ the sacred Word

With an immortal pen.

4

Engraved as in eternal brass

The mighty promise shines;

Nor can the powers of darkness ‘rase

Those everlasting lines.

5

He that can dash whole worlds to death,

And make them when He please,

He speaks, and that almighty breath

Fulfils His great decrees.

6

His every word of grace is strong

As that which built the skies;

The voice that rolls the stars along

Speaks all the promises.

7

He said, “Let the wide heav’n be spread,”

And heav’n was stretched abroad:

“Abram, I’ll be thy God,” He said,

And He was Abram’s God.

8

O might I hear Thy heavenly tongue

But whisper, “Thou art Mine!”

Those gentle words shall raise my song

To notes almost divine.

9

How would my leaping heart rejoice,

And think my heav’n secure!

I trust the all creating voice,

And faith desires no more.

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