Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 2 ‎#139

139. Psalm VIII

I. O Lord, how glorious is thy name
Thro' the wide earth's extended frame!
Majestic glories form thy seat,
And heav'n adores beneath thy feet.

II. Thy pow'r from tender babes can raise
A monument of wond'rous praise:
At thy command, the instant song
Shall still the proud blasphemer's tongue.

III. When all thy shining works on high
I meditate with raptur'd eye,
The silver moon, the starry train,
Which gild the fair etherial plain:

IV. Lord, what is man, that he should share
Thy notice, thy indulgent care?
That man, frail child of earth, should be
The fav'rite of the Deity?

V. His place thy forming hand assign'd,
But just below th' angelic kind;
With noblest favours circled round,
And with distinguish'd honours crown'd:

VI. Invested him with pow'r and sway,
And bid the subject brutes obey;
Sov'reign of all thy works below,
To him the meaner creatures bow:

VII. The blessing flocks, the lowing herds,
The gliding fish, the flying birds;
All that the earth's wide circuit yields,
Natives of air, or seas, or fields.

VIII. But still let man adoring own,
That thou, O Lord, art King alone;
And thro' the earth's extended frame,
Declare the glories of thy name.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, how glorious is thy name
• Title: Psalm VIII
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1760
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8

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