God's Condescension

Verse 1

O Thou to Whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame; Through all the world how great art Thou! How glorious is Thy Name!

Verse 2

In heaven Thy wondrous acts are sung, Nor fully reckon'd there; And yet Thou mak'st the infant tongue Thy boundless praise declare.

Verse 3

When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wondering sight; The moon, that nightly rules the sky, With stars of feebler light;

Verse 4

O what is man, that, Lord, Thou lov'st To keep him in Thy mind? Or what his offspring, that Thou prov'st To them so wondrous kind?

Verse 5

O Thou to Whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art Thou! How glorious is Thy Name!