Hymn Chords

79. O Love of God, How Strong and True

B         E        F#7        B              E       C#m  F#
O love of God, how strong and true! Eternal, and yet ever new;

B  E   D#  G#m  F#7 B     E       B  D#m  F#7 G#m  E     B   F#  B
Un-com-pre-hend-ed and un-bought, Be-yond all know-ledge and all thought.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
O love of God, how strong and true!
Eternal, and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought,
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.

[Verse 2]
O love of God, how deep and great,
Far deeper than man’s deepest hate;
Self-fed, self-kindled like the light,
Changeless, eternal, infinite.

[Verse 3]
We read thee best in Him who came
To bear for us the cross of shame;
Sent by the Father from on high,
Our life to live, our death to die.

[Verse 4]
We read thy power to bless and save,
E’en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light
We read the fullness of thy might.

[Verse 5]
O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in thee we rest,
Forever safe, forever blest.