Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #19 (1786) First Line: O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great Lyrics: 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. Topics: 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; 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 Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English
Christ's condescension and glorification; or, God made man