The Lord Descended from Above

The Lord des­cend­ed from above

And bowed the heav­ens high;

And un­der­neath His feet He cast

The dark­ness of the sky.

On cher­ub and on cher­ub­im

Full roy­al­ly He rode;

And on the wings of all the winds

Came fly­ing all abroad;

And on the wings of all the winds

Came fly­ing all abroad.

And from ab­ove the Lord sent down

To fetch me from be­low

And plucked me out of wa­ters great

That would me ov­er­flow.

(And me de­liv­ered from my foes)

That would have made me thrall;

Yea

from such foes as were too strong

For me to deal with­al;

Yea

from such foes as were too strong

For me to deal with­al.

And as I was an in­no­cent

So did He me re­gard

And to the clean­ness of my hands

He gave me my re­ward.

For that I walked in His ways

And in His paths have trod

And have not wa­vered wick­ed­ly

Against my Lord and God;

And have not wa­vered wick­ed­ly

Against my Lord and God.