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