Heaven and earth, and sea and air

God’s eternal praise declare;

Up! my soul, awake and raise

Grateful hymns and songs of praise.

See the Sun, with glorious ray,

Pierce the clouds at opening day:

Moon and stars, in splendour bright,

Praise their God through silent night.

See how earth with beauty deck’d,

Tells a heavenly architect:

Woods, and fields with lowing kine,

Speak a finger all divine.

See the birds, how pair by pair

Swift they cleave the yielding air:

Thunder, light’ning, storm and wind

God doth at his will unbind.

See the billows tumbling o’er,

Chafing with incessant roar;

Hear them, as they sink and swell,

Loud their Maker’s praises tell.

Through the world, great God, I trace

Wonders of thy power and grace:

Write more deeply on my heart

What I am, and what Thou art.