The Whole Booke of Psalmes ‎#34b

34b. Psalme 8

1 O God our Lord who wonderfull,
are thy workes every where,
whose fame surmounts in dignitie,
above the heavens cleere?

2 Even by the mouths of sucking babes
thou wilt confound thy foes:
For in these babes thy might is seene,
thy graces they disclose.

3 And when I see the heavens hie,
the workes of thine owne hands:
The Sun, the Moone, and all the Stars
in order as they stand.

4 What thing is man (Lord) think I then
that thou dost him remember?
Or what is mans posteritie,
that thou dost it consider?

5 For thou hast made him little lesse
then Angels in degree:
And thou hast crowned him also
with glory and dignitie.

6 Thou hast prefered him to be Lord
of all thy workes of wonder:
And at his feete hast set all things
that he should keepe them under.

7 As sheepe and neat, and all beasts else,
that in the fields doe feede:
Fowles of the ayre, fish in the sea,
and all that therein breed.

8 Therefore I must say once againe,
O God that art our Lord
How famous and how wonderfull
are thy workes through the world?

Text Information

• First Line: O God our Lord how wonderfull
• Title: Psalme 8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1621
• Notes: Public domain.

Tune Information

• Name: PETERBORROUGH TUNE
• harmonizer: Tho. Ravens.
• Incipit: 13123 44311 23457
• Key: d minor or modal