O how high would I climb mountains

O how high would I climb mountains

If the mountains were where You hide

O how far I’d scale the valleys

 If You graced the other side

O how long have I chased rivers

 From lowly seas to where they rise

 Against the rush of grace descending

From the source of its supply

In the highlands and the heartache

 You’re neither more or less inclined

I would search and stop at nothing

You’re just not that hard to find

So I will praise You on the mountain

 And I will praise You when the mountain’s in my way

 You’re the summit where my feet are

So I will praise You in the valleys all the same

 No less God within the shadows

 No less faithful when the night leads me astray

 You’re the heaven where my heart is

 In the highlands and the heartache all the same

 O how far beneath Your glory

 Does Your kindness extend the path

 From where Your feet rest on the sunrise

To where You sweep the sinner’s past

O how fast would You come running

If just to shadow me through the night

 Trace my steps through all my failure

 And walk me out the other side

For who could dare ascend that mountain

That valleyed hill called Calvary

But for the One I call Good Shepherd

Who like a lamb was slain for me

 Whatever I walk through

 Wherever I am

 Your Name can move mountains

 Wherever I stand

And if ever I walk through

The valley of death

 I’ll sing through the shadows

 My song of ascent

From the gravest of all valleys

 Come the pastures we call grace

A mighty river flowing upwards

 From a deep but empty grave