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God Folds the Mountains Out of Rock
1. God folds the mountains out of rock
And fuses elemental powers
In ores and atoms we unlock
To claim as if their wealth were ours.
From veins of stone we lift up fire,
And too impressed by our own skill
We use the flame that we acquire,
Not thinking of the Maker's will.
2. Our instruments can probe and sound
The folded mountain's potent core,
But wisdom's ways are never found
Among the lodes of buried ore,
Yet wisdom is the greater need,
And wisdom is the greater source,
For lacking wisdom we proceed
To waste God's other gifts on force.
3. Lord, grant us what we cannot mine,
What science cannot plumb or chart:
Your wisdom and your truth divine
Enfolded in a faithful heart.
Then we like mountains richly veined
Will be a source of light and flame
Whose energies have been ordained
To glorify the Maker's name.
WORDS: Thomas H. Troeger, 1985
MUSIC: Carol Doran, 1985
Scripture: Job 28
Theme: God