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The Book of Psalms in English Metre

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

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In Judah's land the Lord is known,
His name in Israel:

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In Salem he has pitch'd his tent,
And doth in Sion dwell.

For there the arrows of the bow
Were broken by his hand:
The shield, the sword, and battle too
Are all at his command.

Thy power excells the mountains high;
Thou spoil'st the men of might:
The stout are cast into asleep,
And found no hands to fiight.

At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God,
When thou did'st interpose,
Both horse and man were smitten dead;
They slept and never rose.

Thou Lord, even thou art God alone,
Whom all men ought to fear:
And in thy sight, when thou art wrath,
O Lord, who shall appear.

Thy judgments from the heaven were heard;
Earth fear'd, and durst not speak,
When thou to judgment did'st arise,
To rescue all the meek.

Man's wroth shall to thy praise be turn'd;
And what would overflow,
Shall by thy power be so restrain'd,
It shall no further go.

Vow then, and pay to God the Lord,
And to this mighty king,
Let all the nations round about,
Their humble presents bring.

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For he the lives of princes great,
Can at his pleasure take:
There is no king in all the earth,
But he can make him quake.