The Psalms, Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse ::

Sing to the Lord some new-taught Song;
Earth, to his praise the note prolong:
Bless, bless his Name; from day to day
Let His Salvation prompt the lay,
Till Realms remote his Acts have known,
And Man's whole Race his Wonders own.
Great is the Lord, and great his Praise:
What God like Him our fear can raise?
Not such as Heathen Lands afford,
Created first, and then ador'd:
Creation Him its Lord avow'd,
When erst the arch of Heav'n he bow'd;
And Light and Majesty divine
With fadeless splendor grace his shrine.

238

Let ev'ry People, ev'ry Tribe,
Pow'r, glory, strength, to Him ascribe:
Yield to his Name the honours due;
Oft to his Courts your way pursue
With solemn step, and joyful bring
The off'ring to your heav'nly King.
Before the Beauty of his shrine,
Ye Saints, in low prostration join:
Ye Natives of each distant shore,
His Pow'r revere; his Name adore.

O tell to All whom Earth sustains,
O tell them, that Jehovah reigns,
That, fix'd by His Almighty hand,
Its pond'rous Orb unmov'd shall stand,
And All who issue from its womb
Receive from Him th' unerring doom.
Exult, ye Heav'ns; exult, O Earth;
And, partner in the sacred mirth,
Let Ocean in its fulness rise,
And thunder to the distant skies.
Rich in his gifts, ye Fields, rejoice;
While in his praise the Woods their voice
Exalt, and hail with lowly nod
The presence of th' approaching God.
He comes, in awful pomp array'd,
He comes, to judge the World he made.

239

Truth shall with Him the cause decide,
And Equity his sentence guide.

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PSALM XCVI.