#637: Holy God, Holy and Glorious

[lutheranhymns]

This is (very coincidentally) 100 off from 737, but it reminds me of that one in terms of its structure and vibrant images. 737 starts each verse with "He comes..." and uses creative metaphors to describe God, starting with "one unknown" but ending with "yet unseen, but not unknown." This one starts each verse with "Holy God, holy and..." and describes God's attributes (glory, power, etc.) and how they're revealed in sometimes paradoxical weakness--God's weakness is more powerful than human strength, etc. Another awesome text.

And yet another bragging rights connection; when I was in undergrad, one of the young adults at the student group was the lyricist's daughter! (It looks like that's one of those double-pastor families.)