Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books #I.LXXXII (1793) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books First Line: Shall the vile race of flesh and blood Lyrics: 1 Shall the vile race of flesh and blood
Contend with their Creator, God?
Shall mortal worms presume to be
More holy, wise, or just than he?
2 Behold he puts his trust in none
Of all the spirits round his throne;
Their natures, when compar'd with his,
Are neither holy, just, nor wise.
3 But how much meaner things are they
Who spring from dust and dwell in clay?
Touch'd by the finger of thy wrath,
We faint and vanish like the moth.
4 From night to day, from day to night,
We die by thousands in thy sight
Bury'd in dust whole nations lie
Like a forgotten vanity.
5 Almighty pow'r, to thee we bow;
How frail are we, how glorious thou!
No more the sons of earth shall dare
With an eternal God compare. Scripture: Job 4:17-21 Languages: English
God far above creatures: or, man vain and mortal