Since long before the world began,
In Your heart You longed for a Bride;
’Tis mutual dwelling, Your glorious plan;
With me e'er to abide.
Not knowing Your heart,
I sinned and thus should die;
Yet You shed Your blood to set me free.
You gave me Your life, to me drew nigh;
Wondrous love! We two one forever will be.
O glorious divine love! How can I fathom,
Higher than the sky, deeper than the sea;
It crushes death's pow'r and Satan's kingdom;
Nothing can compare with Your love to me
So fervid and so deep, so gentle and so true;
I'm in love, Lord, with You.
I give You my heart, my life and my soul,
Come suffering or joy whatever betide.
By Your boundless grace, I'll lay down my all
To build up Your church, Your glorious Bride;
Your heart to satisfy, mutual abode we'll be
In eternity.
D
Since long before the world be
Bm
gan,
In Your
G
heart You
A
longed for a
D
Bride;
’Tis mutual
G♭m
dwelling, Your glorious
Bm
plan;
With
Em
me e'er to a
A7
bide.
Not knowing Your
D
heart,
I
G♭7
sinned and thus should
Bm
die;
Yet
D
You shed Your
G
blood to
Em
set me
A
free.
You gave me Your
D
life, to me drew
Bm
nigh;
Wondrous
G
love! We two
A7
one forever will
D-D7
be.
O glorious divine
G
love! How can I fath
A7
om,
Higher than the
A7-G♭m
sky, deeper than the
B7
sea;
It crushes death's
B7-Em
pow'r and Satan's king
Em-A
dom;
Nothing can com
A-D
pare with Your love to
D-B7
me
So fervid and so
Em
deep, so gentle and so
A7
true;
I'm in
D
love, Lord, with
D7
You.
I give You my
D7-G
heart, my life and my
A
soul,
Come suffering or
A-G♭m
joy whatever be
G♭m-B7
tide.
By Your boundless
B7-Em
grace, I'll lay down my
Em-A7
all
To build up Your
A7-D
church, Your glorious
D-B7
Bride;
Your heart to satis
Em
fy, mutual abode we'll
A7
be