Oh depth of riches,
wisdom, and knowledge of God.
How unsearchable!
His judgments and all His ways
are beyond all tracing out.
Robert E. Benton, Jr.
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This hymn is based on the ancient hymn from Romans 11:33-36, which Paul uses to marvel at how God’s ways are beyond us. The hymn provides the only rational response to the LORD’s words in Isaiah 55:8 (“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD”). The words of the hymn are expressed in the Japanese poetic form of Tanka (which includes the well-known Haiku form as its first three lines). To match the mood of the Tanka form, the words are set to a pentatonic melody and fully pentatonic harmony.
The composer has arranged this version of hymn for elementary piano with an alternate teacher’s duet. Full lyrics are available as a benefit to the entire family.
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