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O Lord, our Lord, how excellent O Lord, our Lord, how excellent CB1097 Cs3 E1097 G1097 K781 P1097 R100 S63 T1097 Singing Piano (Whole) Piano (Verse) Replay Text Chords Piano Guitar F Major D Major 1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent Thy name in all the earth!Let every people, tribe, and tongue Proclaim its boundless worth.Out of the mouth of little ones Thou hast established praise,That Thou may still Thine enemy And swiftly end his days. DO Lord, our Lord, how excellent Thy Aname in A7all the Dearth! Let every people, tribe, and tongue ProE7claim its boundless Aworth. A7Out Dof the mouth of Alittle Dones Thou hast established Apraise, A7That DThou may still Thine eneGmy And Dswiftly Aend A7his Ddays. 2 When we the universe behold, The work of Thy great hand—The moon and stars which Thou ordained By lofty wisdom planned;O what is man that Thou should’st care That Thou should’st mindful be?The son of man Thou visitest In Thine economy. When we the universe behold, The work of Thy great hand—The moon and stars which Thou ordained By lofty wisdom planned;O what is man that Thou should’st care That Thou should’st mindful be?The son of man Thou visitest In Thine economy. 3 O Jesus Lord, Thou art that man, The One who joined our race,Who put upon Himself the flesh And took a lower place.But now with glory Thou art crowned, With sovereignty complete.Now through Thy Body Thou dost rule With all beneath Thy feet. O Jesus Lord, Thou art that man, The One who joined our race,Who put upon Himself the flesh And took a lower place.But now with glory Thou art crowned, With sovereignty complete.Now through Thy Body Thou dost rule With all beneath Thy feet. 4 Thine incarnation, rising too, And Thy transcendency,Thy Lordship, Headship, kingdom full, And Body here we see.By all these steps of work divine Thou hast established praise.With overflowing hearts to Thee Our joyful voice we raise. Thine incarnation, rising too, And Thy transcendency,Thy Lordship, Headship, kingdom full, And Body here we see.By all these steps of work divine Thou hast established praise.With overflowing hearts to Thee Our joyful voice we raise. 5 Oh, soon that blessed day shall come— All tongues these words shall peal!But in the local churches now We have a foretaste real.O Lord, our Lord, how excellent Thy name in all the earth!Let every people, tribe, and tongue Proclaim its boundless worth. Oh, soon that blessed day shall come— All tongues these words shall peal!But in the local churches now We have a foretaste real.O Lord, our Lord, how excellent Thy name in all the earth!Let every people, tribe, and tongue Proclaim its boundless worth. https://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/svg/e1097_p.svg https://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/svg/e1097_g.svg Comment 38 Your Name Email City State/Province Country Afghanistan Aland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Disputed Territory Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France French Guyana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Occupied Territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena and Dependencies Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands South Korea South Sudan Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks And Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Nations Neutral Zone United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Your Comment Terms Cancel Comment ×

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Dec 28 2025 Francis Y Chow

New York City, United States

Amen brother Frank. Yes we need to realize that we have a hymn that was inspired by Pslam 8

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

Thy name in all the earth!

Let every people, tribe, and tongue

Proclaim its boundless worth.

Aug 23 2025 Frank Scavo

Irvine, CA, United States

I have been reading through the Psalms recently, and when I came to Psalm 8, I realized that we have a hymn, written by John Ingalls back in the 1960s, that echoes the words of this Psalm so closely. It is really an inspired hymn.

Read the lyrics of this beautiful hymn, and see how closely they follow the words of Psalm 8, especially in first two verses of the hymn. But then in verses 3-5 of the hymn, he jumps to the New Testament and applies it all to Jesus Christ and his finished work.

"O Jehovah our Lord, / How excellent is Your name / In all the earth, / You who have set Your glory over the heavens!

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings / You have established strength / Because of Your adversaries, / To stop the enemy and the avenger."

"When I see Your heavens, the works of Your fingers, / The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

What is mortal man, that You remember him, / And the son of man, that You visit him?

You have made Him a little lower than angels / And have crowned Him with glory and honor."

"For You have caused Him to rule over the works of Your hands; / You have put all things under His feet:

All sheep and oxen, / As well as the beasts of the field,

The birds of heaven and the fish of the sea, / Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O Jehovah our Lord, / How excellent is Your name / In all the earth!"

Aug 17 2025 Bella

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Amazing hymn👍😆

Jul 12 2025 Un Hermano

To Recover the Earth

God wants to regain the earth. The earth has become a crucial place, a place that Satan wants to hold and a place that God wants to regain. The battle is over the earth. Whoever gains the earth is the winner. If Satan can keep the earth under his hand, he has the victory. If God can regain the earth, He will have the victory. The Lord Jesus has not returned because the earth is still so much under Satan’s usurping. This is why God needs the church. The church must fight the battle to regain the earth, if not the whole earth, at least some stepping stones, some outpost for the Lord Jesus to put His feet upon. The earth is crucial.

This point has been fully proved by Psalm 8. Psalm 8 begins by saying, “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! ” It also ends the same way. There is no doubt that the Lord’s name is excellent in the heavens, but, in a sense, the name of the Lord is not excellent on this earth. His name is not excellent among so many of the fallen people. We need to pray, “Your name be sanctified” (Matt. 6:9). Oh, the Lord’s name must be sanctified on this earth. The problem is not in the heavens; the problem is here on earth.

Life-study of Genesis

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Jun 4 2025 Camille Campbell

Highland, IN, United States

That is so beautiful, that’s a great worship song.

Mar 23 2025 Tolu

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth.

Feb 2 2025 Israel Hwang

Ansan, South Korea

Thank you God Amen

Sep 18 2024 Michelle

Austin, TX, United States

O what is man that Thou should’st care

That Thou should’st mindful be?

The son of man Thou visitest

In Thine economy.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

Thy name in all the earth!

Let every people, tribe, and tongue

Proclaim its boundless worth.

Amen!

Dec 24 2023 Sanjay Maisi

Delhi, India

Oh, soon that blessed day shall come—

All tongues these words shall peal!

But in the local churches now

We have a foretaste real.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

Thy name in all the earth!

Let every people, tribe, and tongue

Proclaim its boundless worth. Amen Lord.

Jul 16 2023 Maisha Parkar

Pflugerville, Texas, United States

*2) When we the universe behold,

The work of Thy great hand—

The sun, the moon and all the stars

By lofty wisdom planned;

O what is man that Thou should’st care

That Thou should’st mindful be?

The son of man Thou visitest

In Thine economy.

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[Psalm 8] Verse 3 says, "When I see Your heavens, the works of Your fingers,/The moon and the stars, which You have ordained." David did not say that he saw the heavens, but he saw "Your heavens." We have a hymn on this psalm in our hymnal (Hymns, #1097). In the second stanza of that hymn, the writer referred to the sun, the moon, and the stars. The writer added the word sun, but this is wrong. In Psalm 8 David saw only the moon and the stars, not the sun. We cannot see the sun, the moon, and the stars at the same time. When we see the moon and the stars, we cannot see the sun.

The moon and the stars in Psalm 8 indicate that it was in the night. In the nighttime, everything is dark. But the psalmist lifted up his eyes to look at our Father's heavens. In the night he saw the moon and the stars which God had ordained. The scientific experts can bear witness to this ordination. The divine ordination of the moon and the stars is truly a wonder.

After the psalmist turned his view from the messy earth to the bright heavens, he said, "What is man, that You remember him,/And the son of man, that You visit him?" (v. 4). He turned his view from the moon and the stars in the heavens back to man on this earth. First, God remembers man. Second, He visits man. We have to understand this in a poetic way. God in the heavens remembered man before He became incarnated. Then He came to visit man by becoming a man through His incarnation. The Triune God came to visit us. Before coming to us, He remembered us. The Triune God was very busy, yet He remembered us. Then according to His remembrance of us, He became incarnated to visit us.

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Loop: Song Forever Category: Praise of the Lord Subcategory: His Victory and Exaltation Lyrics: Adapted Music: James McGranahan (1840-1907) Key: F Major Time: 4/2 Meter: 8.6.8.6.D. Hymn Code: 513331355553222123 Scriptures: Psalms 8

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