Scripture Verse

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth! Who hast set Thy glory above the heavens. Psalm 8:1

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, The Psalms of Da­vid 1719. Christ’s con­de­scen­sion and glo­ri­fi­ca­tion; or, God made Man.

Music: Sax­ony (Kirk­pat­rick) Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (1838–1921) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick
(1838–1921)

Lyrics

O Lord, our Lord, how won­drous great
Is Thine ex­alt­ed name!
The glo­ries of Thy heav’n­ly state
Let men and babes pro­claim.

When I be­hold Thy works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
And stars that well ad­orn the sky,
Those mov­ing worlds of light.

Lord, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far be­low,
That Thou shouldst vi­sit him with grace,
And love his na­ture so?

That Thine eter­nal Son should bear
To take a mor­tal form;
Made low­er than His an­gels are,
To save a dy­ing worm?

Yet while He lived on earth un­known,
And men would not ad­ore,
Th’obedient seas and fish­es own
His God­head and His pow­er.

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.

These less­er glo­ries of the Son
Shone through the flesh­ly cloud;
Now, we be­hold him on His throne,
And men con­fess Him God.

Let Him be crowned with ma­jes­ty
Who bowed His head to death;
And be His hon­ors sound­ed high,
By all things that have breath.

Jesus, our Lord, how won­drous great
Is Thine ex­alt­ed name!
The glo­ries of Thy heav’n­ly state
Let the whole earth pro­claim.