I Am a Worm and Not a Man

I am a worm, LORD, you are a Man;
Like a sole savant,  you understand
That I'm a measly tube of flesh
Which does not know which way is best.

LORD, your omniscience is far beyond
My intelligence, which through you has won
Me great wisdom, power and knowledge
To see the fruits of heavenly homage

Which you give this worm to see
Grasps at all radical wisdom free.
LORD, all things I see
Through your Spirit within me.

LORD, my heart is circumcised
Of the pride of its own wise
Decree, for I need Thy mercy.
Joy, spring forth through Thee.

Through tempest's storm, and trial
You shall purge in my soul what's vile
And make me, as I am now, clean
And Your holy feathers You shall preen

To make a shield around my heart
Which by Your voice is now enlarged
By great and mighty wonders told;
LORD, I tremble, for I am of Thy fold.