Verse 1
Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all his words most wonderful, Most sure in all his ways!
Verse 2
O loving wisdom of our God! When all was sin and shame, A second Adam to the fight And to the rescue came.
Verse 3
O wisest love! that flesh and blood, Which did in Adam fail, Should strive afresh against the foe, Should strive, and should prevail;
Verse 4
And that the highest gift of grace Should flesh and blood refine: God's presence and his very self, And essence all-divine.
Verse 5
O generous love! that he who smote In man for ma the foe, The double agony in Man For man should undergo.
Verse 6
And in the garden secretly, And on the cross on high, Should teach his brethren, and inspire To suffer and to die.
Verse 7
Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all his words most wonderful, Most sure in all his ways!