How Great You Are

A multitude bowing before the throne frames “How Great You Are,” where the singers offer “the treasures of our hearts” with “one voice.” The verse expresses longing, “We long to see your face,” and asks that worship “fill your holy place,” before the chorus names what is being sung: “your mercy and your love,” “your grace and your power,” ending on “How great you are, our faithful God.”

Worship is described as offering. “Sacrifices we bring, pure and holy offering” is joined to “clean and upright hearts,” and a later section asks that the offering “satisfy you Lord” as honor is given. The final lines ask for open lips that “show forth your praise” and for spoken words to “put a smile on your face,” while “Creation declares your name.”

The wording lines up with Psalm 145:3 on God’s greatness, Hebrews 13:15 on the sacrifice of praise, and Psalm 51:15, “open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.”