1 

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

   Thy name in all the earth!

Let every people, tribe, and tongue

   Proclaim its boundless worth.

Out of the mouth of little ones

   Thou hast established praise,

That Thou may still Thine enemy

   And swiftly end his days.

 2 

When we the universe behold,

   The work of Thy great hand —

The sun, the moon, and all the stars

   By lofty wisdom planned;

O what is man that Thou should'st care

   That Thou should'st mindful be?

The son of man Thou visitest

   In Thine economy.

 3 

O Jesus Lord, Thou art that man,

   The One who joined our race,

Who put upon Himself the flesh

   And took a lower place.

But now with glory Thou art crowned,

   With sovereignty complete.

Now through Thy Body Thou dost rule

   With all beneath Thy feet.

 4 

Thine incarnation, rising too,

   And Thy transcendency,

Thy Lordship, Headship, kingdom full,

   And Body here we see.

By all these steps of work divine

   Thou hast established praise.

With overflowing hearts to Thee

   Our joyful voice we raise.

 5 

Oh, soon that blessed day shall come —

   All tongues these words shall peal!

But in the local churches now

   We have a foretaste real.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

   Thy name in all the earth!

Let every people, tribe, and tongue

   Proclaim its boundless worth.