Hymn
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
O Love! how deep, how broad, how high!
It fills the heart with ecstacy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals' sake.
For us He was baptized, and bore
His holy fast, and hungered sore;
For us temptations sharp He knew;
For us the tempter overthrew.
For us He prayed, for us He taught,
For us His daily works He wrought,
By words, and signs, and actions thus
Still seeking not Himself but us.
For us to wicked men betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, purple robe arrayed,
He bore the shameful cross and death;
For us at length gave up His breath.
For us He rose from death again,
For us He went on high to reign,
For us He sent His Spirit here
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
To Him whose boundless love has won
Salvation for us through His Son,
To God the Father, glory be,
Both now and through eternity.
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-love-how-deep-how-broad-how-high
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High?
The words of O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High are credited to Thomas á Kempis and Benjamin Webb; the version here was published in 1908.
Is O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. 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 metre of O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High?
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Hiding Place, Christ at the Door and Man Mortal, and God Eternal.