Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#4b

4b. How excellent in all the earth

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.

Text Information

• First Line: How excellent in all the earth
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8:3-5
• Topic: Adoration: Of God; Angels; v
• Source: Psalm 8, verses 1, 3-5 The Scottish Psalter, 1929

Tune Information

• Name: WINCHESTER OLD
• Adapter: Gordon J. Munro (b. 1972)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Source: Melody from Este's Psalter 1592 as arranged in Scottish Psalter, 1635