"Christ Be Magnified" lyrics

Were creation suddenly articulate
With a thousand tongues to lift one cry
From north to south and east to west
We'd hear Christ be magnified

Were the whole Earth echoing His eminence
His name would burst from sea and sky
From rivers to the mountaintops
We'd hear Christ be magnified

O, Christ be magnified
Let His praise arise
Christ be magnified in me
O, Christ be magnified
From the altar of my life
Christ be magnified in me

When every creature finds its inmost melody
And every human heart its native cry
Then in one enraptured hymn of praise
We'll sing Christ be magnified
Be magnified

And O, Christ be magnified
Let His praise arise
Christ be magnified in me
And O, Christ be magnified
From the altar of my life
Christ be magnified in me

Magnified in me, Lord, yeah
Oh, from the alter of my life

No, I won't bow to idols
I'll stand strong and worship You
If it puts me in the fire
I'll rejoice 'cause You're there too
So I won't be formed by feelings
I'll hold fast to what is true
'Cause if the cross brings transformation
I'll be crucified with You

'Cause death is just the doorway (the doorway)
Into resurrection life
And if I join You in Your suffering
Then I'll join You when You rise
And when You return in glory (in glory)
With all the angels and the saints
My heart will still be singing (yes, Lord)
My song will be the same

And O, Christ be magnified
Let His praise arise
Christ be magnified in me

O, Christ be magnified (be magnified)
Let His praise arise (let His praise arise)
Christ be magnified in me (in me)
O, Christ be magnified
From the altar of my life (let His praise arise)
Christ be magnified in me (be magnified, yeah)
O, Christ be magnified in me (be magnified in me)
And O, Christ be magnified in me