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How excellent in all the earth

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 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. Topics: Adoration Of God; Angels; v Scripture: Psalm 8:3-5 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD Text Sources: Psalm 8, verses 1, 3-5 The Scottish Psalter, 1929

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WINCHESTER OLD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 351 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gordon J. Munro (b. 1972) Tune Sources: Melody from Este's Psalter 1592 as arranged in Scottish Psalter, 1635 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 13321 44323 55453 Used With Text: How excellent in all the earth

ST. DAVID

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 44 hymnals Tune Sources: Adapted from Ravenscroft's Psalter, 1621 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 15135 43215 14655 Used With Text: How excellent in all the earth

NOEL

Appears in 20 hymnals Incipit: 34555 67111 62176 Used With Text: God's Condescension

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HOW EXCELLENT IS THY NAME!

Hymnal: The Bible Hymnal #7 (2013) First Line: How excellent in all the earth, Lord our Lord is Thy name Tune Title: [How excellent in all the earth, Lord our Lord is Thy name]

Psalm 8: How excellent in all the earth

Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #P9 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: How excellent in all the earth Lyrics: 1How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Who hast thy glory far advanc’d above the starry frame. 2From infants’ and from sucklings’ mouth thou didest strength ordain, For thy foes’ cause, that so thou might’st th’ avenging foe restrain. 3When I look up unto the heav’ns, which thine own fingers fram’d, Unto the moon, and to the stars, which were by thee ordain’d; 4Then say I, What is man, that he remember’d is by thee? Or what the son of man, that thou so kind to him should’st be? 5For thou a little lower hast him than the angels made; With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head. 6Of thy hands’ works thou mad’st him lord, all under’s feet didst lay; 7All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts that in the field do stray; 8Fowls of the air, fish of the sea, all that pass through the same. 9How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English

How excellent in all the earth

Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P8b (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! who hast thy glory far advanced above the starry frame. 2 From infants’ and from sucklings’ mouth thou power didst ordain, because of foes, that so thou might’st the vengeful foe restrain. 3 When I look up unto thy heavens, which thine own fingers framed, unto the moon and to the stars, which were by thee ordained; 4 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? 5 For thou a little lower hast him than the angels made; With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head. 6 Of thy hands’ works thou madest him lord, all 'neath his feet didst lay, 7 all sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts that in the field do stray; 8 Fowl of the air, fish of the sea, all that pass through the same. 9 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: CASTLEFORD

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876 Composer of "CASTLEFORD" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman