The starry firmament on high
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The starry firmament on high,And all the glories of the sky,Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord,So brightly as thy written word.
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The hopes that holy word supplies,Its truths divine and precepts wise,In each a heavenly beam I see,And every beam conducts to thee.
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Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail,The moon her borrowed glory veil,And deepest reverence hush on highThe joyful chorus of the sky:
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But fixed for everlasting years,Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres,Thy word shall shine in cloudless day,When heaven and earth have passed away.