Amanda Cook - Great Are You Lord Lyrics

“Great Are You Lord” by Amanda Cook is a worship song that praises God for what He gives and does. The opening verse names Him as the one who gives life, is love, brings light to the darkness, gives hope, and restores every broken heart. The response is a short acclamation, “Great are You, Lord.”

The chorus gives the reason for praise in a single image: “It’s Your breath in our lungs, so we pour out our praise.” This is close to Genesis 2:7, where God breathes life into humanity, and to Psalm 150:6, which says that everything that has breath should praise the Lord. The phrase “to You only” narrows the praise to God alone.

The bridge widens the scene, saying that all the earth will shout, hearts will cry, and “these bones will sing,” which recalls Psalm 35:10 and the language of Psalm 145:3 about God’s greatness. The song’s message is that praise is a natural answer to the life God has given, offered by the whole of creation.