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Holy Holy Holy
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Sep 26, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
A hymn of unbroken adoration, the lyric circles the word "holy" like a bell rung over and over, refusing to move past it. Morning is the chosen hour — the singer's song rises early, as if praise is the first work of the day — and the address stays fixed on the Almighty, merciful yet mighty, named as three persons in one blessed Trinity. The middle stanza turns honest about distance: darkness can hide God, and sinful eyes may fail to catch His glory, yet the confession that follows is not despair but clarity — only Thou art holy, none beside Thee, perfect in power, love, and purity. The final stanza widens the choir until earth, sky, and sea all praise the same name, returning to the opening lines so the song ends where it began, as though the repetition itself were the point. There is no petition here, no story of rescue or personal testimony, just sustained reverence and a Trinitarian frame held steady across every verse. The effect is less a narrative than a posture: praise offered before anything else, in full awareness of human limitation, and joined to the whole created order.
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Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee
Perfect in power, love, and purity
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, and sky and sea
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!