The Psalms of David ‎#VIIIb

VIIIb. CHRIST's Condescension and Glorification; or GOD made Man

1 O LORD, our GOD, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!
Let glories of thy heav'nly state
Let men and babes proclaim.

2 When I behold your works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
The shining stars that grace the sky,
Those moving worlds of light:

3 LORD, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,
That thou shouldst visit him with grace,
And love my nature so.

4 That thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal form,
Made lower than the angels are,
To save a dying worm?

5 [Yet while he liv'd on earth unknown,
And men would not adore,
Th' obedient seas and fishes own,
His God-head and his pow'r.

6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet,
And fish at his command,
Bring their large shoals to Peter's net,
Bring tribute to his hand.

7 These lesser glories of the Son,
Shone thro' the fleshy cloud;
Now we behold him on his throne,
And men confess him GOD.]

8 Let him be crown'd with majesty,
Who bow'd his head to death,
And be his honors sounded high,
By all things that have breath.

9 JESUS, our LORD, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heav'nly state
Let the whole earth proclaim.

Text Information

• First Line: O LORD our GOD, how wondrous great
• Title: CHRIST's Condescension and Glorification; or GOD made Man
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1780
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8

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