Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America ‎#297b

297b. The vanity of man, and the condescension of God

1 Lord, what is man, poor feeble man,
Born of the earth at first?
His life a shadow, light and vain,
Still hasting to the dust.

2 O what is feeble dying man,
Of all his sinful race,
That God should make it his concern,
To visit him with grace!

3 That God, who darts his lightnings down,
Who shakes the worlds above,
And terrors wait his awful frown,
How wondrous is his love!

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, what is man, poor feeble man
• Title: The vanity of man, and the condescension of God
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791
• Scripture:
  Psalm 144:3-6
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Second part

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