Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#4a

4a. How excellent in all the earth

1 How excellent in all the earth,
Lord, our Lord, is thy name!
who hast thy glory far advanced
above the starry frame.

2 When I look up unto the heavens,
which thine own fingers framed,
unto the moon, and to the stars,
which were by thee ordained;

3 Then say I, What is man, that he
remembered is by thee?
Or what the son of man, that thou
so kind to him should’st be?

4 For thou a little lower hast
him than the angels made;
With glory and with dignity
thou crownèd hast his head.

Text Information

• First Line: How excellent in all the earth
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8:1-5
  ;
  Psalm 8:1
• Topic: Adoration: Of God; Angels; Creation
• Source: The Scottish Psalter, 1929

Tune Information

• Name: WINCHESTER OLD
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Source: Este's Psalter, 1592