Verse 1
A: Ye worms of earth our God admire,
The God of angels praise:
M: Praise him for us, ye heavenly quire,
His earth-born sons of grace.

Verse 2
A: His image view in us display’d,
His nobler creatures view:
M: Lower than you our souls he made,
But he redeem’d them[1] too.

Verse 3
A: As gods we did in glory shine,
Before the[2] world began:
M: Our nature too becomes divine,
And God himself is man.

Verse 4
A: He cloath’d us in these robes of light,
The shadow of his Son:
M: We with transcendant glory bright,
Have Christ himself put on.

Verse 5
A: Spirits like him he made us be,
A pure etherial flame:
M: Join’d to the Lord, one spirit we
With Jesus are the same.

Verse 6
A: We see him on his daz’ling throne,
Crowns he to us imparts:
M: To us the King of kings comes down,
And reigns within our hearts.

Verse 7
A: Pure as he did at first create,
We angels never fell:
M: He saves us from our lost estate,
He rescues man from hell.

Verse 8
A: When others fell, we faithful prov’d,
His love preserv’d us true:
M: Yet own that we are more belov’d,
He never died for you.

Verse 9
A: Worms of the earth, to you, we own,
The nobler grace is given:
M: Then praise with us the great Three-One,
Till we all meet in heaven.

[1] Wesley changed “them” to “us” in 1745, but returned to “them” in later editions.
[2] Wesley changed “the” to “your” in 1745, but returned to “the” in later editions.