65. Praise to the Holiest in the height
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
A second 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.