Tune: EVENING PRAISE
Words: The Psalter, 1912, alt.
Music: William F. Sherwin, 1877, alt.
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VERSE 1:
Lord, our Lord, Your glorious name
all Your wondrous works proclaim;
in the heav'ns with radiant signs
evermore Your glory shines—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 2:
Infant voices sing Your praise,
telling of Your glorious ways;
weakest means work out Your will,
make Your enemies be still—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 3:
Moon and stars in shining height
testify their Maker's might;
when I see the heavens afar,
then I know how small we are—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 4:
Who are we that we would share
in Your love and tender care—
raised with You to honor and might,
crowned with glory in Your sight—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 5:
With dominion crowned, we stand
o'er the creatures of Your hand;
You give men authority
over sky and land and sea—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Lord, our Lord, Your glorious name
all Your wondrous works proclaim;
in the heav'ns with radiant signs
evermore Your glory shines—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 2:
Infant voices sing Your praise,
telling of Your glorious ways;
weakest means work out Your will,
make Your enemies be still—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 3:
Moon and stars in shining height
testify their Maker's might;
when I see the heavens afar,
then I know how small we are—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 4:
Who are we that we would share
in Your love and tender care—
raised with You to honor and might,
crowned with glory in Your sight—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
VERSE 5:
With dominion crowned, we stand
o'er the creatures of Your hand;
You give men authority
over sky and land and sea—
how great Your name!
CHORUS:
Lord, our Lord, in all the earth,
how great Your name!
Yours the name of matchless worth,
excellent in all the earth,
how great Your name!
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