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Instruct, great God, the kingly heart,
Nor cease thy guidance to impart,
Till, pleas'd, the Heir of Judab's throne
Thy precept's full extent has known.
So shall his hand dispense thy Laws,
Prompt to defend the poor man's cause,
Peace from the fort-clad Mountain's brow
Descending bless the plains below,
And Justice from each rocky cell
Shall Violence and Fraud expell.
In Him the Souls to scorn consign'd
The Advocate and Friend shall find;
His arm their injur'd race shall right,
And crush the proud Oppressor's might.
Thy fear succeeding Times shall own,
Long as the Sun and waxing Moon,
With varied light, in swift career,
Alternate guide the circling year.
Behold his influence downward pour,
Delightful as the copious show'r,
Whose drops refresh the new-shorn plain,
And swell with life the foodful grain.
His Care the Just aloft shall raise,
Nor fair Prosperity his days
Desist to crown, till round the pole
The measur'd Months shall cease to roll.
From Sea to Sea his wide Command
Shall reach, and from Euphrates' strand
Through Realms of various tongue extend
Far as to Earth's remotest end.
To Him the Desert's Tribes shall kneel;
His Foes, that on their conqu'ring steel
Repos'd e'erwhile their frantic trust,
Shall prostrate fall, and lick the dust.
From Tharsis and each distant Isle
See vassal Kings with willing toil
Their presents bring: Before him meet
The Chiefs, at whose imperial feet
Arabia's far-divided shores
Prolific spread their richest stores.
Each Prince to Him shall homage pay,
Each Nation own his equal Sway.
He, when the helpless Poor shall cry,
Shall hear propitious from on high,
Health to their fainting souls convey,
And challenge from the Grave its prey.
Nor Fraud, nor Rapine's iron hand
Shall dare to touch the pious Band;
For sacred is their blood, and high
Its price in his paternal eye.
Long shall he live, and Sheba's gold
In tributary heaps behold
Display'd, while Crouds shall suppliant bow,
His health the subject of their vow,
And through the length of days his fame
Aloud with thankful voice proclaim.

Lift to the Mountain's height your eyes;
And see the yellow harvests rise,
Wide-waving, as the verdure spread
On Lebanon's exalted head.
Behold his Cities o'er the plain
Pour from their gates a num'rous Train,
And healthful as the vernal Birth,
That shades with green the joyous Earth.
From age to age the Orb of day
His brighter glories shall survey,
While Man's whole Race his Love confess,
And, blest in Him, his Name shall bless.

Exalt, exalt your heav'nly Lord,
The God by Jacob's Sons ador'd,
Whose wondrous Acts to Him alone
Assert the everlasting Throne.
To Him in loftiest praises join,
And bless the Majesty divine;
That Majesty whose cloudless rays
O'er Earth's capacious round shall blaze.
To Him again in praises join;
O, bless the Majesty divine.