Ascribe greatness to our God, the Rock

Authors:
Themes:
Scriptures:
  • Deuteronomy 32:3-4
  • Deuteronomy 32:4
  • Psalms 119:137
  • Psalms 18:2
  • Psalms 25:8-9
  • Psalms 92:15
  • Daniel 4:37
  • Habakkuk 1:12
  • Revelation 15:3
Book Number:
  • 254

Ascribe greatness to our God, the rock,
his work is perfect and all his ways are just.
Ascribe greatness to our God, the Rock,
his work is perfect and all his ways are just.
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
good and upright is he.
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
good and upright is he.

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Mary Kirkbride Barthow and Mary Lou King

The Father - His Providence

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Tune

The story behind the hymn

A new section devoted to the providence of God opens with a further short song, this time dating back to 1979. The text is a simple arrangement, with repetition, of Deuteronomy 32:3–4, closest to RSV and NIV translations. This is a fragment of the first ‘Song of Moses’ in Scripture, which opens with a challenge to heaven and earth to listen and bear witness, and soon moves into sermon mode addressed to the pilgrim people of Israel on the edge of the promised land. Like 252 it moved from the popular Spring Harvest repertoire into MP (from 1983) and other books. Text and tune are the joint work of two Marys, Mary Kirkbride Barthow and Mary Lou King. 261 is a quite different composition arising from the same Scripture. The music, ASCRIBE GREATNESS, is integral to the text.

A look at the authors

Barthow, Mary Kirkbride

Her best known (and jointly-authored) song, included here, made its first impact in the UK through Spring Harvest events and MP; it has now reached CH in its 2004 edn. But she has worked with Mary Lou King for some years previous to this, and together they have several albums of songs to their credit. No.254.

King, Mary Lou

Her best known (jointly authored) song, included here, made its main impact in the UK via Spring Harvest events and MP. No.254.