Lyrics
Chorus
Holy Holy Holy
Holy is the Lord
Holy Holy Holy
Holy is the Lord of all
Verse
We give You all the glory
We honor You oh Lord
You are worthy to be praised
Refrain
Holy, wonderful, marvelous, glorious,
omnipotent, righteous, and mighty.
Bridge
Lord, we praise You, we lift You up,
we magnify, we glorify, we exalt You,
we extol You, we adore You, hallelujah.
Holy is the Lord of all
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Holy is The Lord" builds its entire structure around one repeated declaration, borrowing directly from a well-known prophetic vision that repeats "holy" three times before naming the Lord over all. Rather than developing verses, the song moves through a growing list of titles and actions, glory, honor, worthiness, wonder, majesty, offered to God in quick succession. A middle section reads almost like an extended vocabulary of praise, stacking adjectives, wonderful, marvelous, glorious, omnipotent, righteous, mighty, without pausing to explain any single one at length. The closing section shifts from description to action, listing a series of specific verbs, praising, lifting up, magnifying, glorifying, exalting, extolling, adoring, treating worship as something enacted through many small, distinct movements rather than a single gesture. Structurally the medley's accumulation of titles and verbs mirrors its content, suggesting that God's holiness requires more than one word or action to begin to describe.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 6:3 Repeats "holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty," directly quoted in the song's chorus.
- Psalm 34:3 Calls for magnifying and exalting God's name together, matching the bridge's list of praise verbs.