O God, most holy are
Thy ways,
And who like Thee
deserves my praise?
Thou only doest
wondrous things,
The whole wide world
Thy glory sings;
Thine outstretched
arm Thy
people saved,
Though sore distressed
and long enslaved.
O
God, from Thee the
waters fled,
The depths were moved
with mighty dread,
The swelling clouds
their torrents poured,
And o’er the earth
the tempest
roared;
’Mid lightning’s flash
and thunder’s sound
Great trembling shook
the solid ground.
Thy way was in the
sea, O God,
Through mighty waters,
deep and broad;
None understood but
God alone,
To man Thy footsteps
were unknown;
But
safe Thy
people Thou didst
keep,
Almighty Shepherd of
Thy sheep.