How Great is God Almighty!

All things bright and beautiful―

All creatures great and small―

All things wise and wonderful―

The Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens―

Each little bird that sings―

He made their glowing colours―

He made their tiny wings.

The purple-headed mountain―

The river running by―

The sunset and the morning―

That brightens up the sky―

The rocky mountain splendour―

The lone wolf's haunting call―

The Great Lakes and the prairies―

,

The forest in the fall.

The cold wind in the winter―

The pleasant summer sun―

The ripe fruits in the garden―

He made them every one―

The tall trees in the greenwood―

The meadows where we play―

The rushes by the water―

We gather every day―

He gave us eyes to see them―

And lips that we might tell―

How great is God Almighty―

Who has made all things well.

Amen

―Hymn (1848) | Cecil Frances Alexander

Hubble’s Top Images

(Pictured First to Last in Sequence)

Orion Nebula—NASA / ESA / M. Robberto (STScI / ESA) / Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

Young stars sculpt gas with powerful outflows—NASA / ESA / A. Nota (ESA / STScI, STScI / AURA)

Out of this Whirl—Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and companion galaxy—NASA / ESA / S. Beckwith (STScI) / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)

Hubble spies cosmic dust bunnies—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)

Light continues to echo three years after stellar outburst—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI)

A poster-size image of the beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)

A wallpaper of distant galaxies is a stunning backdrop for a runaway galaxy—NASA / Holland Ford (JHU) / ACS Science Team / ESA

Hubble's newest camera takes a deep look at two merging galaxies—NASA / Holland Ford (JHU) / ACS Science Team / ESA

Hubble's newest camera images ghostly star-forming pillar of gas and dust—NASA / Holland Ford (JHU) / ACS Science Team / ESA

Hubble view of M106—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI) / R. Gendler (for Hubble Heritage Team). Acknowledgement—J. Gabany

Hubble snaps close-up of the Tarantula—NASA / ESA

Flocculent spiral NGC 2841—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA) / ESA / Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgment—M. Crockett / S. Kaviraj (Oxford University, UK) / R. O’Connell (University of Virginia) / B. Whitmore (STScI and WFC3 Scientific Oversight Committee)

Galactic wreckage in Stephan’s Quintet—NASA / ESA / Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217—NASA / ESA / Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Holiday wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope—NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA) —ESA / Hubble Collaboration