The Starry Firmament on High 1Pe 1:25 ILLA—Lowell Mason The Starry Firmament on High 1 The starry firmament on high, And all the glories of the sky, Yet shine not to Thy Praise, O Lord, So brightly as Thy written Word. 2 The hopes that Holy Word supplies, Its truths divine and precepts wise, In each a heav’nly beam I see, And ev’ry beam conducts to Thee. 3 Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail, The moon forget her nightly tale, And deepest silence hush on high The radiant chorus of the sky; 4