Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#19

19. Christ's condescension and glorification; or, God made man

1 O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let men and babes proclaim.

2 When I behold your works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
The shining stars that grace the sky,
Those moving worlds of light.

3 Lord, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,
That thou should'st visit him with grace,
And love my nature so?

4 That thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal form,
Made lower than the angels are,
To save a dying worm?

[5 Yet while he liv'd on earth unknown,
And men would not adore,
Behold obedient nature own,
His Godhead and his power.

6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet;
And fish at his command,
Bring their large shoals to Peter's net,
Bring tribute to his hand.

7 These smaller glories of the Son,
Shone through the fleshy cloud;
Now we behold him on his throne,
And men confess him God.

8 Let him with majesty be crown'd,
Who bow'd his head to death;
And his eternal honours sound,
From all things that have breath.

9 Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let the whole earth proclaim.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great
• Title: Christ's condescension and glorification; or, God made man
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1787
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8
• Topic: Children: praising God; Christ: the second Adam; Christ: his condescension and glorification; Christ: exalted to the kingdom; Christ: praised by children; God: mad Man; God: praised by children; God: his sovereignty and goodness to man; Goodness of God; Hosanna: of the children; Man: dominion over creatures; Praise: to God from children; The first and second Adam: their dominion
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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