Great God of wonders! all thy ways
General information
Great God of wonders! all thy ways is a hymn by Samuel Davies. It was published by Thomas Gibbons as Hymn 59 on pp67-68 of his Hymns adapted to Divine Worship, London: 1769.
In Gibbons' collection, the hymn has the heading 'The Glories of God in pardoning Sinners. As the Old 112th Psalm. Micah vii. 18. By the Reverend Samuel Davies, A.M.'. The reference to 'the Old 112th Psalm' relates to the meter 88. 88. 88, which had been used by William Kethe for his metrical version of Psalm 112.
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Text and translations
As published in Gibbons' Hymns adapted to Divine Worship, 1769
English text
1 Great God of Wonders! all thy Ways
Are matchless, godlike and divine,
But the fair Glories of thy Grace
More godlike and unrivall'd shine:
Who is a pard'ning God like Thee?
Or who has Grace so rich and free?
2 Crimes of such Horror to forgive,
Such guilty daring Worms to spare,
This is thy grand Prerogative,
And none shall in the Honour share.
Who is a pard'ning God like Thee?
Or who has Grace so rich and free?
3 Angels and Men, resign your Claim
To Pity, Mercy, Love, and Grace,
These Glories crown Jehovah's Name
With an incomparable Blaze.
Who is a pard'ning God like Thee?
Or who has Grace so rich and free?
4 In Wonder lost, with trembling Joy
We take the Pardon of our God,
Pardon for Crimes of deepest Die,
A Pardon bought with Jesus' Blood.
Who is a pard'ning God like Thee?
Or who has Grace so rich and free?
5 O may this strange, this matchless Grace,
This godlike Miracle of Love,
Fill the wide Earth with grateful Praise,
And all th'Angelic Hosts above!
Who is a pard'ning God like Thee?
Or who has Grace so rich and free?