1 In a deep, unbounded darkness
long before the first light shone,
You, 0 God, beyond all merit,
worked a wonder faith makes known:
in your mercy, in your mercy,
You embraced us as Your own.
evermore and evermore.
2 Though our world is ever-changing,
You are constant, firm, and sure,
faithful to Your cov'nant promise.
Trusting You, we live, secure:
singing praises, singing praises,
long as heart and breath endure.
evermore and evermore.
3 Joy transforms our lips to boasting
only in Your matchless grace,
sending Christ to dwell among us,
Word made flesh, in time and space:
Friend and Savior, Friend and Savior,
in whose life we glimpse Your face
evermore and evermore.
4 God of Hagar, God of Sarah,
God of nomad Abraham;
God of Miriam, God of Moses,
Fiery Pillar, great I Am:
lead us homeward, lead us homeward,
to the love-feast of the Lamb
evermore and evermore.
Amen.
