O Lord, our Lord, how excellent In all the earth thy name

Verse 1

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent in all the earth thy name! who hast thy glory set above the starry frame.

Verse 2

From infants' and from sucklings' mouths is strength by thee ordained, that so the avenger may be quelled, the foe restrained.

Verse 3

When I behold thy spacious heavens, the work of thine own hand, the moon and stars in order set by thy command;

Verse 4

O, what is man, that thou should'st him in kind remembrance bear? Or what the son of man, that thou for him should'st care?

Verse 5

For thou a little lower hast him than the angels made; with honour and with gory thou hast crowned his head.

Verse 6

Lord of thy works thou hast him made: all unto him must yield, all sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts which roam the field,

Verse 7

Fowl of the air, fish of the sea, all that pass through the same. O Lord, our Lord, in all the earth how great thy name!