Praise to the Holiest in the height

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 a higher gift than 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 man 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.