Mary Brunton
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Thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.[1] Behold, thou takest up the isles as a very little thing! All nations before thee are as nothing; and they are counted to thee as less than nothing and vanity.[2] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,--the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained;--what is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him?[3] The heavens, the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee.[4] Lo! these are parts of thy ways; but how little a portion is heard of thee! The thunder of thy power who can understand![5] Shall not thine excellency make me afraid, and thy dread fall upon me?[6] Shall I not hide me in the dust, for fear of the Lord; and for the glory of his Majesty?[7] Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.[8] Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?[9] Thine is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty.[10] Salvation, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God! Alleluiah! for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth![11]
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[1] Psalm lxxxiii. 18.
[2] Isa. xl. 15. 17.
[3] Psalm viii. 3, 4.
[4] 2 Chron. ii. 6.
[5] Job, xxvi. 14.
[6] Isa. xxvi. 5.
[7] Isa. ii. 10.
[8] Isa. xlv. 9.
[9] Jerem. x, 7.
[10] Chron. xxix. 11.
[11] Rev. xix. 1. 6.
This presentation of Emmeline. With Some Other Pieces., by Mary Brunton is Copyright 2003 by P.J. LaBrocca. It may not be copied, duplicated, stored or transmitted in any form without written permission. The text is in the public domain.