The Voice Season 9 contestant Jordan Smith becomes the second contestant in history to score a number one single on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, as his take on Great is Thy Faithfulness blasts onto the chart at No.1 on the strength of iTunes digital downloads.
The student and worship leader from Kentucky performed a spare piano version of the song, starting it off a capella, leading it into an emotional, pitch-perfect performance, moving into a breathtaking transposition, and ending it with a falsetto note that can bring tears to one’s eyes. Absolutely stunning.
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS Lyrics
Jordan Smith
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever will be.
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
And all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
And all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
