HAST THOU ORDAINED STRENGTH
O LORD, OUR LORD,
HOW EXCELLENT
IS THY NAME
IN ALL THE EARTH!
WHO HAST SET
THY GLORY ABOVE
THE HEAVENS.
OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF
BABES AND SUCKLINGS
HAST THOU
ORDAINED STRENGTH
BECAUSE
OF THINE ENEMIES,
THAT THOU MIGHTEST
STILL THE ENEMY
AND
THE AVENGER.
WHEN I CONSIDER
THY HEAVENS,
THE WORK OF THY FINGERS,
THE MOON AND THE STARS,
WHICH THOU HAST ORDAINED;
WHAT IS MAN,
THAT THOU ART
MINDFUL OF HIM?
AND
THE SON OF MAN,
THAT THOU VISITEST HIM?
FOR THOU HAST
MADE HIM A LITTLE
LOWER THAN THE ANGELS,
AND
HAST CROWNED HIM
WITH GLORY AND HONOUR.
THOU MADEST HIM TO
HAVE DOMINION
OVER THE WORK
OF THY HANDS;
THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS
UNDER HIS FEET:
ALL SHEEP AND OXEN,
YEA, AND
THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD;
THE FOWL OF AIR,
AND
THE FISH OF THE SEA,
AND
WHATSOEVER PASSETH
THROUGH THE PATHS
OF
THE SEAS.
OH LORD OUR LORD,
HOW EXCELLENT
IS THY NAME
IN ALL THE EARTH!

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