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Family-hymns gathered (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalmsFamily-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms
Family-hymns gathered (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms.Family-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1695
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Hymn XXIV. Psal. 8.1, 2.
O Lord, our Lord, through all the Earth, How excellent is thy Name! Who hast thy Glory so adorned Above the Heavens high frame. Weak Babes and Sucklings thou ordainest Thy power and praise to show; To still thereby the Enemy, And the avengeful Foe.
O Lord, our Lord, through all the Earth, How exc'llent is thy Name! Who hast thy Glory so adorn'd Above the Heav'ns high frame. Weak Babes and Sucklings thou ordain'st Thy power and praise to show; To still thereby the Enemy, And the avengeful Foe.
3, 4, 5. When to thine Heavens I lift mine Eye, The Palace thou didst rear, And the bright Moon and Stars observe Ordained to govern there: Lord, what is Man that he should have In thy kind thoughts a place, That thou shouldst thus advance and bless His mean and mortal Race! ⟨p. 24⟩Little below the Angels high He stands in Glory placed; Whilst all the Creatures here below Under his Feet are cast.
3, 4, 5. When to thine Heav'ns I lift mine Eye, The Palace thou didst rear, And the bright Moon and Stars observe Ordain'd to govern there: Lord, what is Man that he should have In thy kind thoughts a place, That thou shouldst thus advance and bless His mean and mortal Race!