- A Song of Wisdom
- Op. 113, no. 6
- C.V. Stanford (1852-1924)
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- I came forth from the mouth of the Most High,
- and cover'd the earth as a mist.
- I dwelt in high places,
- and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
- Alone I compassed the circut of heav'n,
- and walked in the depth of the abyss.
- In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth,
- and in every people and nation,
- I got a possession, with all these I sought rest.
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- And I took root in a people that were glorified,
- in the portion of the Lord's own inheritance.
- I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus,
- and as a cypress on the mountains of Hermon.
- I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore,
- and as a fair olive tree in the plain.
- And my branches are branches of glory and grace,
- and my flow'rs are the fruit of glory and riches.
- Come unto me, ye that are desirous of me,
- and be ye filled with my fruits.
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- And I came out as a stream from a river,
- I said I will water abundently my garden bed.
- And lo, a stream became a river,
- and my river became a sea.
- For my thoughts are fill'd from the sea,
- and my counsels from the great deep.
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- I came forth from the mouth of the Most High,
- And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
