When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained, what is man, that Thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that Thou visitest him?
Psalm 8:3–4
Words: From New Version of the Psalms of David, by Nahum Tate & Nicholas Brady, 1696.
Music: Bemerton (Greatorex) Henry W. Greatorex, 1849 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Brady or Greatorex (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O Thou, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,
Thro’ all the world, how great art Thou!
How glorious is Thy name!
When Heav’n, Thy beauteous work on high,
Employs my wondering sight;
The moon that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light;
Lord, what is man, that Thou shouldst deign
To bear him in Thy mind!
Or what his race, that Thou shouldst prove
To them so wondrous kind!
O Thou, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,
Thro’ all the world, how great art Thou!
How glorious is Thy name!