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.