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Great is Thy Faithfulness

By Carrie Underwood + Cece Winans

2,708 views Sep 30, 2026 updated My Savior album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Thomas Chisholm's 1923 hymn takes both its title and central image directly from Lamentations 3:22's claim that God's compassions "fail not, they are new every morning." "Morning by morning new mercies I see" translates the verse almost without alteration, a book written from the ruins of a destroyed city supplying the language for a hymn about ordinary daily provision.

"Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not, as Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be" reaches for Numbers 23:19's claim that God is "not a man, that he should lie... has he said, and will he not do it?" — consistency treated as the actual ground for trust rather than a side detail. The second verse widens the argument outward to creation itself, "summer and winter, and springtime and harvest... join with all nature in manifold witness," before returning to the same personal refrain.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,

There is no shadow of turning with Thee;

Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not

As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. 


Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided 

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!


Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,

Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,

Join with all nature in manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.


Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided 

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!


Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,

Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!


Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided 

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

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