Lyrics
Verse 1
When I consider what You have made
The mighty oceans, the fiery stars
The fields and forests give You praise
My Lord, my God
Chorus
I stand in awe
I stand in awe
I stand in awe of You
Verse 2
When I consider what You have done
I see Your suffering, I see Your scars
Oh, the wonder, oh, the love
My Lord, my God
Chorus (Repeat)
Bridge (Repeat)
All glory, all honor
All worship and all praise
All blessing, all power
How worthy is Your name
Chorus (Repeat x3)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"I Stand in Awe" opens by surveying creation, oceans, stars, fields, and forests, describing each as offering praise before the singer's own response of standing in awe. That progression, creation's praise preceding personal response, frames human worship as joining something already occurring in nature.
Its second verse shifts from creation to the cross, naming suffering and scars directly rather than describing salvation only in abstract terms. That specific attention to visible wounds ties the song's repeated declaration of awe to a particular historical cost rather than general wonder at power alone.
Rooted in contemporary worship's declarative praise style, the song functions as an extended statement of reverence, its closing list, glory, honor, worship, praise, blessing, power, treating comprehensive praise as the appropriate response to both creation's testimony and the specific suffering observed at the cross.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 19:1 Describes the heavens declaring God's glory, echoed in the song's description of creation offering praise.
- Isaiah 53:5 Describes wounds and suffering borne for others, directly echoed in the song's description of scars and suffering.