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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM 8. DOMINE DOMINUS, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE First Line: O lord that rul'st our mortal line Last Line: How through the world thy name doth shine. | |||
O Lord that rul'st our mortal line, How through the world Thy name doth shine, That hast of Thine unmatched glory Upon the heavens engraven the story. From sucklings hath Thy honor sprung, Thy force hath flowed from baby's tongue Whereby Thou stop'st Thine enemy's prating, Bent to revenge and ever hating. When I upon the heavens do look, Which all from Thee their essence took, When moon and stars my thoughts beholdeth Whose life no life but of Thee holdeth, Then think I, ah, what is this man, Whom that great God remember can? And what the race of him descended It should be ought of God attended. For though in less than angel's state Thou planted hast this earthly mate Yet hast Thou made even him an owner Of glorious crown, and crowning honor. Thou placest him upon all lands To rule the works of Thine own hands And so Thou hast all things ordained That even his feet have on them reigned. Thou under his dominion placed Both sheep and oxen wholly hast, And all the beasts forever breeding Which in the fertile fields be feeding, The bird free burgess of the air, The fish of sea the native heir, And what things else of waters traceth The unworn paths, His rule embraceth. O Lord that rulest our mortal line, How through the world Thy name doth shine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 121 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 136 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 139 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 8. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE DEBORAH: THE SONG OF DEBORAH by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ECCLESIASTES by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ECCLESIASTES: THE LIGHT IS SWEET by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ELIJAH AND THE PRIESTS OF BAAL: IN A TIME OF FAMINE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE EXODUS 15. SONG OF ISRAEL FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EGYPT IN THE RED SEA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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