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Using cascading comparisons—from atoms and motes to worlds of pious men, tongues, songs, and music—the speaker argues that even infinite capacities of speech and song would still fall short. The poem then shifts to grace, describing divine re-forming and compassion that transforms sinful nature into praise-worthy life, while concluding with a humble request that God accept even imperfect, limited offerings.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/our-insufficiency-to-praise-god-suitably-for-his-mercy/611177/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/our-insufficiency-to-praise-god-suitably-for-his-mercy/611177.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Alex Sinclair","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-21","2026-10-19",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":8},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the poem’s main claim about praising God?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Human capacity to praise God is fundamentally insufficient, even when imagined at enormous or infinite scale.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does the poem use imagery to express that insufficiency?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It compares the speaker’s inability to praise adequately with the vast divisibility of matter into atoms and motes, then multiplies that imagery through countless tongues, songs, and musical worlds.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does the poem address God’s mercy and the transformation of people?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It acknowledges sinfulness and weakness, then emphasizes God’s compassion—plucking out stings and remolding worse nature into a life that can truly offer praise.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},611177,1792611816,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":14,"category_name":15,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":8,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":8,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":14},1099523882182,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","Edward Taylor  \n(1645-1729)  \nOUR INSUFFICIENCY TO PRAISE GOD SUITABLY FOR HIS MERCY  \nShould all the world so wide to atoms fall, Should th ’ air be shred to motes; should we See all the earth hacked here so small  \nThat none could smaller be? Should heaven and earth be atomized, we guess The number of these motes were numberless .  \nBut should we then a world each atom deem, Where dwell as many pious men  \nAs all these motes the world could teem, Were it shred into them?  \nEach atom would the world surmount, we guess, Whose men in number would be numberless .  \nBut had each pious man as many tongues At singing all together then The praise that to the Lord belongs,  \nAs all these atoms men? Each man would sing a world of praise, we guess, Whose tongues in number would be numberless .  \nAnd had each tongue, as many songs of praise To sing to the Almighty All;  \nAs all these men have tongues to raise to him their holy call?  \nEach tongue would tune a world of praise, we guess, Whose songs in number would be numberless .  \nNay , had each song as many tunes most sweet, Or one intwisting in ’t as many,  \nAs all these tongues have songs most meet  \nUnparalleled by any? Each song a world of music makes, we guess, Whose tunes in number would be numberless .  \nNow should all these conspire in us , that we  \nCould breathe such praise to thee , Most High: Should we thy sounding organs be  \nto ring such melody? Our music would the world of worlds outring, Yet be unfit within thine ears to ting .  \nThou didst us mold , and us new-mold when we Were worse than mold we tread upon .  \nNay , nettles made by sin we be:  \nYet hadst compassion .  \nThou hast plucked out our stings; and by degrees Has of us, lately wasps, made lady bees .  \nThough e ’er our tongues thy praises due can fan, A weevil with the world may fly,  \nYea fly away: and with a span  \nWe may out mete the sky. Though what we can is but a lisp, we pray Accent thereof. We have no better pay .","cbCaioXVht024gzO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioXVht024gzO","pdf",20231,"English","# OUR INSUFFICIENCY TO PRAISE GOD SUITABLY FOR HIS MERCY\n## Cosmic and bodily comparisons to show insufficiency\n## Divine compassion transforming human nature\n## Humble closing prayer for acceptance","[{\"question\":\"What is the poem’s main claim about praising God?\",\"answer\":\"Human capacity to praise God is fundamentally insufficient, even when imagined at enormous or infinite scale.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the poem use imagery to express that insufficiency?\",\"answer\":\"It compares the speaker’s inability to praise adequately with the vast divisibility of matter into atoms and motes, then multiplies that imagery through countless tongues, songs, and musical worlds.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the poem address God’s mercy and the transformation of people?\",\"answer\":\"It acknowledges sinfulness and weakness, then emphasizes God’s compassion—plucking out stings and remolding worse nature into a life that can truly offer praise.\"}]","OUR INSUFFICIENCY TO PRAISE GOD SUITABLY FOR HIS MERCY | PDF",1792380790]