The Love of God

Lyrics: "Haddamut" by Rabbi Meir ca. 1050
Tune: Frederick M. Lehman

G                         
The love of God is greater far
               D             G
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;

It goes beyond the highest star,
            D               G
And reaches to the lowest hell;
           C                      G
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
             D        G
God gave His Son to win;
           C              G
His erring child He reconciled,
             D          G
And pardoned from his sin.

              G
When years of time shall pass away,
            D                    G
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,

When men who here refuse to pray,
             D                  G
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
              C                   G
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
         D               G
All measureless and strong;
          C               G
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
               D          G
The saints’ and angels’ song.

            C                    G
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
   D                  G
How measureless and strong!
         C            G
It shall forevermore endure—
                D        G
The saints’ and angels’ song.

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

            C                    G
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
   D                  G
How measureless and strong!
            C            G
It shall forevermore endure—
                D        G
The saints’ and angels’ song.

Love All-Consuming

G	C	Bm7	C
G	C	Em	D

Em7	Cadd9	G	Dsus2/A
Through a gap in the rain
Em7	Cadd9	A7sus4	Gmaj7/D
His light reveals bloodstains
Em7	Cadd9	G	Dsus2/A
Fallen on the ground
Em7	Cadd9	A7sus4	Gmaj7/D
Look up and we've found

Chorus:
G	C	Bm7	C
Love
G	C	Em	D
All-consuming
G	C	Bm7	C
Love
G	C	Em	D
Rushing through me


Em7	Cadd9	G	Dsus2/A
Death lost its power
Em7	Cadd9	A7sus4	Gmaj7/D
In that sweet hour
Em7	Cadd9	G	Dsus2/A
I turned to you
Em7	Cadd9	A7sus4	Gmaj7/D
I felt something new

Chorus

Em7	Cadd9	G	Dsus2/A
Satisfaction with life
Em7	Cadd9	A7sus4	Gmaj7/D
Is just a new kind of strife
Em7	Cadd9	G	Dsus2/A
Our goals look so trite
Em7	Cadd9	A7sus4	Gmaj7/D
When we see the light of

Chorus