Hymnal: Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #20b (1791) First Line: Lord, what was man when made at first Lyrics: 1 Lord, what was man when made at first,
Adam, the offspring of the dust,
That thou should'st set him and his race,
But just below an angel's place.
2 That thou should'st raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below,
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet.
3 But O! what brighter glories wait
To crown the second Adam's state!
What honors shall thy son adorn,
Who condescended to be born?
4 See him below his angels made;
Behold him number'd with the dead,
To save a ruin'd world from sin:
But he shall reign with pow'r divine.
5 The world to come, redeem'd from all
The mis'ries that attend the fall,
New-made and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet. Scripture: Psalm 8:3-9 Languages: English
Adam and Christ, lords of the old and new creation