The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes ‎#9

9. The starry firmament on high

1 The starry firmament on high,
And all the glories of the sky,
Yet shine not to Thy praise, O Lord,
So brightly as Thy written word.

2 The hopes that holy word supplies,
Its truths divine and precepts wise--
In each a heavenly beam I see,
And every beam conducts to Thee.

3 Almighty Lord! the sun shall fail,
The moon forget her nightly tale,
And deepest silence hush on high
The radiant chorus of the sky--

4 But fixed for everlasting years,
Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres,
Thy word shall shine in cloudless day
When heaven and earth have passed away.

Text Information

• First Line: The starry firmament on high
• Publication Date: 1865
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ORION
• Composer: John Zundel
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: By permission