Lyrics
Before the Earth or Sky
God’s Story Was Written Before Time Began
Verse
In the beginning was the Word,
before the first of days,
before a single note was heard
or morning learned to blaze.
All things were made by Him alone;
not one thing stands apart.
The Word who framed the starry throne
held time within His heart.
Chorus
His Word was written, every line,
before the earth or sky;
the cross, the tomb, the bread and wine,
the trumpet's final cry.
Verse
Before a page was ever penned,
before a scribe was born,
the book was finished, end to end,
as sure as coming morn.
The men He moved were not their own,
not knowing all the whole;
each wrote a part, and God alone
held every page and scroll.
Chorus
His Word was written, every line,
before the earth or sky;
the cross, the tomb, the bread and wine,
the trumpet's final cry.
Verse
He opened up His mouth and told
the secrets long concealed,
of seed and soil, of sheep in fold,
of treasure in a field.
These meanings, made before that day,
had waited from the first,
kept secret till He walked our way
and spoke, and quenched our thirst.
Chorus
His Word was written, every line,
before the earth or sky;
the cross, the tomb, the bread and wine,
the trumpet's final cry.
Verse
The lamb, the bread, the vine, the door,
the shepherd's tender care,
were pictures hung up long before
a single soul was there.
Each footstep in the desert sand
was ink upon His page;
each life a line, and in His hand
it speaks from age to age.
Chorus
His Word was written, every line,
before the earth or sky;
the cross, the tomb, the bread and wine,
the trumpet's final cry.
Music and lyrics: Public Domain / CC0 1.0 Universal · Sound recording: Public Domain / CC0 1.0 Universal.