THE CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS

Thou Art Worthy Of Praise

by SCOTTISH PARAPHRASES

O Thou art worthy of praise
O Lord, our God, on high
Thou art Almighty father,
And everlasting Lord.
O Thou from the beginning
Spoke; heav'n and earth appear,
The heav'n arose, earth appear'd;
Thus thy glory revealed.
Thou bade the clouds ascend high;
The clouds ascend, and bear
A wat'ry treasure in sky,
And float upon the air.
The liquid element below
Was gather'd by his hand;
The rolling seas jointly flow,
And leave the solid land
With herbs, and plants and good trees,
The new form'd globe he crowned,
There was rain to bless the soil,
And sun to warm the ground.
Then high in heav'ns resplendent arch
He plac'd two orbs of light,
He set the sun for the day,
The moon to rule the night.
Next, from the deep, the great king
Did vital beings do frame;
Fowls of the air of all wings,
And fish of evry name.
To all the various brutal tribes
He gave their wondrous birth,
At once the lion and the worm
Sprung from the teeming earth.
Then chief o'er all his works here,
At last was Adam made;
His maker's then bless'd his soul.
And glory crown'd his head.
All things remaineth the same
As thou hast made them be:
All for thy pleasure, thou made
And caus'd them all to be.
Fair in the Great maker's eye
The whole creation stood
He view'd the fabric he rais'd'
His word pronounc'd it good.
Thou art worthy of honour
By thy creative work.
Thou art the great creator.
And the owner of all.