Creation Care-Takers

orchidee



Tune: Lasst Uns Erfreuen

('All creatures of our God and King')

Psalm 8

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O LORD, our Lord, how excellent

Is your name, your grace to us sent

Alleluia, alleluia!

Your name o'er all the earth is high

Worthy of praise from land, sea, sky

You glorious, yet to us nigh

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

Out of mouths of babes and infants

You have ordained praise, they you sense

Alleluia, alleluia!

Praise as strength to still enemy

All your foes shall defeated be

For you e'er reign eternally

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

You the great Creator of all

Moon, sun, stars, earth's terrestrial ball

Alleluia, alleluia!

So what i man, that you us mind?

You look on us, for you are kind

And we your graces, mercies find

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

You have made man little lower

Than the angels, through you we flower

Alleluia, alleluia!

You crowned him with honour, glory

Set him over all your works free

That we faithful care-takers be

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

To tend to oxen, sheep, cattle

To be over your creatures all

Alleluia, alleluia!

All animals, beasts of the field

Birds of air, fish of sea, you willed

That w good service to you yield

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

So LORD, how excellent your name

Be in all the earth, you the same

Alleluia, alleluia!

Lord God Almighty, who do reign

Fore evermore, and we do gain

Blessings by obedience unfeign[ed]

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 5th, 2020 03:29
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8.8. metre with Alleluias. Hints of climate-change in this? Or at least that we be good care-takers of God's creatures.
  • Category: Spiritual
  • Views: 45
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  • dusk arising

    Who is this lord fellah? Wouldnt u be better off praising the king? Surely a king is above a lord?
    Or is this another case of unshedable childhood indoctrination of silly titles given to worship.
    Why are most christians afraid to think outside the box?

    • orchidee

      Thanks dusk. It's the same person - Lord and King - and many other titles too.
      You may say I was indoctrinated - began Sunday School at age 3. Not that I have not lapsed at times since then. A few say I've been brain-washed, but I don't agree.

      • dusk arising

        Not brain washed? All the poetry (?) you publish is set like a hymn as heard in the anglican church. We dont like to hear/see/tolerate religious fanatics of other than christian religions so why should we tolerate christian fanatics?

        • orchidee

          Well, that's my usual genre.

          • dusk arising

            Publishing hymns on a poetry site?

            • orchidee

              They are hymn-poems. I would say, don't read them, if you don't like them.

              • ANGELA & BRIAN

                ANGELA HERE ~ Great Hymn to a great setting ~ Thanks for caring & sharing and strengthening us SPIRITUALLY ~ Day by Day by Day ~ AMEN ! Psalm 8 is a classic thanks for your PARAPHRASE ~ AMEN !

                O GOD ~ YOU have made ME in your likeness
                YOU have called ME your DAUGHTER
                YOU have ordained ME as your PRIEST
                YOU have chosen ME to be your SERVANT
                YOU have assigned ME the fantastic responsibility
                Of caring for and carrying on your CREATIVE ACTIVITY
                That WHY BRIAN & I are voting GREEN for GOOOOOOOOOO !
                O GOD ~ How full of wonder & Splendour YOU ARE ~ AMEN

                Blessings & Joy to YOU & YOUR HUMBUG HOUND
                Love in the SPIRIT ~ Angela & Brian🧡💙🧡💙🧡

                • dusk arising

                  blimey, more indoctrinated recycled rhetoric.

                  • ANGELA & BRIAN

                    HI DA ~ Thanks for your interesting comment. Angela & I are committed Christians not because we were indoctrinated but because as responsible and intelligent TEENS we decided for ourslves that Christianity was the most sensible Religion to follow ~ if we wanted to follow any of them. We like the HYMNS & POEMS posted by ORCHIDEE because they endorse & strengthen our Faith in the TRINITY - Father - Son & Holy Spirit ! MPS is an OPEN SITE for People of All Nationalities - Faiths & Political Persuation. We dont castigate Jews - Moslems - Buddhist - Atheists - Socialists or Conservatives who post their views so Orchidee or any other Member who seeks to post a CHRISTIAN HYMN or Poem on this POETRY SITE should be treated OBJECTIVELY as one would treat a Poem on Judaism - Global Warming or Depression or any other subject ~ OK

                    Yours BRIAN & ANGELA !

                    • dusk arising

                      Orchidee made a valid point in his last comment. No need for you two to interfere in a text conversation between two poets. Who rang your collective bell? You appear to have missed (or dodged) the point completely anyway.

                      • ANGELA & BRIAN

                        OK DA ~ Thanks DA but you put your OAR and commented on our comment ~ case close ~ OK

                        Your Friends as always ~ PEACE ~ ANGELA & BRIAN

                        • dusk arising

                          Be a good idea if you took the care to make a comment in the appropriate box rather than add-on to an existing exchange between two poets. Joining in to an existing exchange leaves u open to comment from both other parties. Commenting in the correct box is only between the publishing poet and yourselves. I'm pretty sure you know how to do this properly and in this instance chose to interfere.

                        • Heather T

                          Wonderful to see that you're still sharing! I haven't participated here in a long while, but I do pop off and on to read the work of others on occasion. Well done!

                          Heather

                          • orchidee

                            Thanks Heather.

                          • Goldfinch60

                            Good one Orchi.

                            • orchidee

                              Thanks Gold.



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