God is the name my soul adores

God is the name my soul adores,
Almighty, high, Eternal One:
Both heaven and earth, with all their powers,
Proclaim the Infinite Unknown.

Thy voice ordained the rolling spheres,
And bade the countless planets shine;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.

Still restless nature dies and grows,
From change to change thy creatures run;
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.

A glance of thine runs through the globe,
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;
Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe;
Thy ministers are living flame.

How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,
And see but shadows of thy face.

Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might;
None but thy word can speak thy name.