Tune: St Theodulph
('All glory, laud and honour')
Psalm 104 v.16-28
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Chorus
O LORD, your works manifold
They cannot all be told
In wisdom have you made all
Earth of your riches full
Trees of the LORD full of sap
O'er all the world's wide map
Great cedars tall of Lebanon
He planted every one - Chorus
There the birds do their nests make
Food to their young do take
As for the stork, the fir tree[s]
Her house, her dwelling be - Chorus
A refuge are the high hills
For the goats, they there still
And rocks refugee for conies
Rock-badger's abode is - Chorus
He appoints moon for seasons
All in His plans, reasons
The sun knows his going down
O'er every country, town - Chorus
He makes darkness, it is night
Beasts of forests alight
They creep forth, and young lion[s]
Seek food from God, each one - Chorus
So daytime dawns, man goes forth
To his work, labour knows
Till evening falls, then day done
Cycle of employed ones - Chorus
Too in the great and vast sea[s]
Things innumerably
Live, they teeming and creeping
Small, great beasts, many things - Chorus
There got the ships and large beasts
Each plays therein, there feasts
These do all upon you wait
You feed them there not late - Chorus
They gather that which you give
You provide, so they live
You open to them you hand
They filled with good, sea, land - Chorus
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All His creation and creatures shall praise Him. Mankind, sun, moon, stars, Fir trees, cedars, storks, conies/rock-badgers, birds, goats, etc, etc all get a look in!
Call me for lunch!
Thanks Lorna. Yes, it will be lunch by the time you've read all this - or sang it all!
Very good write Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
I need a glass of sherry.
good poem.
Thanks pauly. Wet your whistle, singing all this lot!
Thanks STEVE for posting another great GOLDEN OLDIE "All Glory Laud and Honour" Love it they don't write them like that any more ! Love the Poem too because it highlights many aspects of God's amazing Planet Earth ~ I am a MEMBER OF SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and despite searching the UNIVERSE for over 70 Years we still haven't found anything ! Perhaps GOD chose Planet Earth to be the ONLY LIVING PLANET ! I have studied Science for 25 years (since I was 10) and I find no evidence to suggest Living Organisms could arise spontaneously from basic organic chemicals (bio-molecules). The systems you cite in your Poem ~ Trees ~ Birds ~ Mammals ~ Solar System ~ Night & Day ~ Sea Creatures etc are all evidence of a CREATOR and not BLIND CHANCE ~ AMEN ~ Thanks for sharing ~ BRIAN ! Please check my FUSION "Love & Romance" Thanks B !
Thanks Brian. I don't think there's anything, other than E.T. and he's gone home, hasn't he?! heehee.
Orchi,
A fine write! It gives the reader a lot to think about! I enjoyed listening to the musical clip!
~Laura~
Thanks Laura. You seen any conies, i.e. rock-badger type creatures?! heehee. Guinea pigs (my pic)are cavies, not conies!
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