Hymn
Great God! How Infinite Art Thou
- Writer
- Isaac Watts
Great God, how infinite art Thou!
How frail and weak are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere earth or heaven was made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.
Nature and time all open lie
To thine immense survey,
From the formation of the sky,
To the last awful day.
Eternity, with all its years,
Stands present to Thy view.
To Thee there's nothing old appears;
To Thee there's nothing new.
Great God, how infinite art Thou!
How frail and weak are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.
Great God! How Infinite Art Thou — Text from Church Book, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/great-god-how-infinite-art-thou
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Great God! How Infinite Art Thou?
The words of Great God! How Infinite Art Thou were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1890. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Universal Praise and Like Sheep We Went Astray.
Is Great God! How Infinite Art Thou public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Church Book, published in 1890. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of Great God! How Infinite Art Thou?
Great God! How Infinite Art Thou is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, O God, Our Help in Ages Past, The Saints In Glory and Come, Ye That Know and Fear the Lord.