“When I consider Thy heavens, the works of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained, What is man that Thou art mindful of him?” Psalm 8:3, 43When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? (Psalm 8:3‑4).
O what is man that God above,
Should stoop in pity and in love,
Down to his low estate?
God, who His power to man would prove,
Who framed the worlds and made them move,
And holds them in His hand.
Man who is vile, and full of sin,
By nature had no claim on Him
Who could have passed him by.
Man who his own way ever sought,
And who had never given thought;
Toward God who loved him so.
Well may I ask the reason why,
God sent His Son for man to die,
And suffer in his stead?
‘Tis in the cross of Christ I find
The answer, and God’s holy mind,
Toward man who spurned Him so.
His power the heavens above declare,
Sun, moon and stars, He placed them there,
His will their path controls.
The earth beneath obeyed His call,
The human mind is far too small
To comprehend His might.
And yet when I consider this,
And think how God could plan to bless
Those who His power deny,
I wonder, and adoring stand,
And praise the One who thus hath planned
To save poor sinful man.