The Psalms of David ‎#14

14. Christ's Condescension and Glorification; or GOD made Man

1 O Lord, our God, how wond'rous great
Is thine exalted Name!
The Glories of thy heav'nly State
Let Men and Babes proclaim.

2 When I behold thy Works on high,
The Moon that rules the Night,
And Stars that well adorn the Sky,
Those moving Worlds of Light;

3 Lord, what is Man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,
That thou shouldst visit him with Grace,
And love his Nature so?

4 That thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal Form,
Made lower than his Angels are,
To save a dying worm.

5 [Yet while he liv'd on Earth unknown,
And Men would not adore,
Th' obedient Seas and Fishes own
His Godhead and his Pow'r.

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 lesser Glories of the Son
Shone through the fleshly Cloud;
Now we behold him on his Throne,
And Men confess him GOD.]

8 Let him be crown'd with Majesty,
Who bow'd his Head to Death;
And be his Honours sounded high,
By all Things that have breath.

9 JESUS, our Lord, how wond'rous great
Is thine exalted Name!
The Glories of thy heav'nly State
Let the whole earth proclaim.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, our God, how wond'rous great
• Title: Christ's Condescension and Glorification; or GOD made Man
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1740
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8
• Topic: Adam the first and second: their Dominion; Christ: exalted to the kingdom; Christ: his condescension and glorification; Christ: praiseed by Children; Dominion of Man over Creatures; God: his sovereignty and goodness to man; God: made man; God: praised by children; Goodness of God; Hosanna: of the Childern

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