Fearfully Finished

“O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me…. I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:  marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well…. How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God!” (Psalm 139:1,14,17).  “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished:  and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost” (John 19:30). 

How fearfully God has designed and created

Our body, our soul, and our spirit,

Yet there was a finishing work that awaited,

Which humbles us as we draw near it.

For though we are sure that we’re fearfully made,

As every soul knows very well,

Our awe turns to horror, and all our hopes fade

As sinners yet fitted for hell.

The Lord God has searched us; He knows every thought.

He hears every word yet unspoken.

The Lord God is holy; we surely are not:

There’s judgment for laws we have broken!

But God, yet in righteousness never diminished,

Has called us to be justified

Through Christ who declared on the cross: “It is finished!”

Removing our sins when He died!

How precious indeed, Lord, Your thoughts are to us,

Declaring Your justification!

How fearfully finished, and how marvelous

Your work is that grants us salvation!