Guessing this is for some time in Holy Week, but I’ve got to plug F. Bland Tucker’s paraphrase of the whole Philippians 2 canticle.
All praise to thee, for thou. O King divine, didst yield the glory that of right was thine, that in our darkened hearts thy grace might shine: Alleluia!
Thou cam'st to us in lowliness of thought; by thee the outcast and the poor were sought, and by thy death was God's salvation wrought: Alleluia!
Let this mind be in us which was in thee, who wast a servant that we might be free, humbling thyself to death on Calvary: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Wherefore, by God's eternal purpose, thou art high exalted o'er all creatures now, and given the name to which all knees shall bow: Alleluia!
Let every tongue confess with one accord in heaven and earth that Jesus Christ is Lord; and God eternal be by all adored: Alleluia!
Tune: Engelberg (thus in Hymnal 1940 and 1982) or Sine Nomine (Tucker’s intended tune).
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