How Great Thou Art Lyrics
Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
When Christ shall come
We shout a proclamation
To take me home what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my God how great thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to thee
How great thou art how great thou art
This hymn was at first a poem by Carl Boberg (Swedish) that became a Swedish folk song, which was not a hymn at all, then it was translated in English by a British Christian missionary, Stuart K Hine who added some verses, and obviously made it into a hymn. I love how Elvis sings it! It makes me smile at church when we sing it, because I cannot remove from my head Elvis' voice and I think we sound pretty bad! :)
I just checked, the original hymn has 3 verses. In my hymn book, we have 7 verses. The best verse, is obviously the one Elvis sings! :) I too like the 4th and 5th verses: 4/ When through deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not thee o'erflow, For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee X2 And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 5/ When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume X2 Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.