How Excellent Thy Name

(Psalm 8)


O, Lord, our Lord, how excellent

And worthy is Thy name!

When I behold the moon and stars

They power didst ordain,

And gaze upon the heavens

That Thy mighty finger made,

The plans for all the universe

That Thou alone has laid,

What is man that Thou makest him

Of all Thy works above;

What is the son of man that Thou

Shouldst visit him in love?

How shall Thy creatures cease to praise

Their great Creator’s worth?

O, Lord, our Lord, how excellent

Thy name in all the earth!