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The eighth Psalm paraphrased.
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O Lord, our Governour, whose potent swayAll Pow'rs in Heav'n and Earth obey,
Throughout the spacious Earth's extended frame
How great is thy adored Name!
Thy Glories thou hast seated, Lord, on high,
Above the Empirean Sky.
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Out of the mouths of Infants, newly comeFrom the dark Closet of the Womb,
Thou hast ordained pow'rfull Truth to rise,
To baffle all thine Enemies;
That thou the furious Rage might'st calm agen,
Of bloudy and revengefull men.
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When on thy Glorious Heav'ns I reflect,Thy work, almighty Architect,
The changing Moon and Stars that thou hast made
T'illuminate night's sable shade:
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Oh! what is man, think I, that Heaven's KingShould mind so poor a wretched thing;
Or Man's frail Off-spring, that Almighty God
Should stoop to visit his abode?
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For thou createdst him but one degreeBelow the Heav'nly Hierarchy
Of bless'd and happy Angels, and didst crown
Frail Dust with Glory and Renown.
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Over the works of thy Almighty handThou giv'st him absolute command,
And all the rest that thou hast made
Under his feet hast subject laid;
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All Sheep, and Oxen, and the wilder breedOf Beasts that on their Fellows feed;
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The Air's Inhabitants, and scaly brood,That live and wanton in the Flood,
And whatsoe'er does either swim or creep
Thorough th' investigable Deep:
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Throughout the spacious Earth's extended frameHow great is thy adored Name!
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