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The Book of Psalms in English Metre

The Newest Version Fitted to the Common Tunes. By Charles Darby

To thee O God do we give thanks;
To thee all praise is due:

For thou art ever near to them,
That do thy wonders shew.

God in due time will judge the world:
The earth and all therein,
Had not the Lord the pillars staid,
Had quite dissolved been.

I said unto the foolish men,
Deal not so foolishly:
And to the wicked, be not proud,
Nor lift your horns so high.

Forbear your high and haughty words,
For when promotions fall,
'Tis not from east, nor west, nor south,
But God disposes all.

He is the judge, by whom alone
Such alterations come:
He puts down one and setteth up
Another in his room.

For of his red and mixed wine,
His hand doth hold the cup:
But keeps the dregs for wicked men,
And they shall drink them up.

Therefore will I of Jacobs God,
Forever sing the praise,
Who loves to pull the wicked down,
And righteous men to raise.

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