O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great And glorious is thy name through all the earth! So as above the heavens thy praise to set Out of the tender mouths of latest birth, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou Hast founded strength because of all thy foes To stint th' enemy, and stack th' avenger's brow That bends his rage thy providence to oppose. When I behold thy heavens, thy fingers' art, The moon and stars which thou so bright hast set In the pure firmament, then saith my heart, O what is man that thou rememb'rest yet, And think'st upon him; or of man begot That him thou visit'st and of him art found? Scarce to be less than gods, thou mad'st his lot, With honour and with state thou hast him crowned. O'er the works of thy hand thou mad'st him Lord, Thou hast put all under his lordly feet, All flocks, and herds, by thy commanding word, All beasts that in the field or forest meet, Fowl of the heavens, and fish that through the wet Sea-paths in shoals do slide, and know no dearth. O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great And glorious is thy name through all the earth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VENUS OF THE LOUVRE by EMMA LAZARUS HYMN: 32. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST by CHRISTOPHER SMART THE SANDPIPER by CELIA LEIGHTON THAXTER THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM by HENRY KIRKE WHITE THE BOBBIN-WINDER by JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH ARCHER THE RAJPOOT WIFE by EDWIN ARNOLD THE WORD by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS |