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MercyMe - The Love Of God lyrics

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The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin

Could we with ink the ocean fil
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

O love of God, how rich and pure
How measureless and strong
It shall forevermore endure
The saints' and angels' song
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Author: Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man

Composer: Frederick Lehman (ar­r. by his daugh­ter Claudia)

Publisher: MercyMe

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Released in: 2002

Language: English

Appearing on: Spoken For (2002)

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Het is een oud Christelijk lied, geschreven in 1917 door Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man in Pas­a­de­na, Cal­i­fornia. Het is gebaseerd op een oud Joods gedicht dat 'Had­da­mut' heet. Het gedicht was in het Aramees, de gangbare taal die de Joden in de tijd van Jezus spraken, geschreven in 1050 door Ben Isaac Ne­hor­ai, die in Worms, Duitsland, woonde.
De muziek is ook geschreven door Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man, maar gearrangeerd door zijn dochter Clau­dia L. Mays.

Het lied heeft nog een derde couplet wat ik hieronder weergeef:

When years of time shall pass away
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall
When men, who here refuse to pray
On rocks and hills and mountains call
God’s love so sure, shall still endure
All measureless and strong
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race
The saints’ and angels’ song

Het laatste couplet wat MercyMe zingt is in feite het refrein.