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.
2 O loving wisdom of our God,
When all was sin and shame,
He, the last Adam, to the fight
And to the rescue came.
3 O wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.
4 And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God's presence, and His very self
And essence all-divine.
5 O generous love! That He, who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo.
6 And in the garden secretly,
And on the cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.
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.