3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods, be still; And the mad world submissive to his will: Built on his truth, his church must ever stand; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand: See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him.
Psalm 93:3. 3d M. As the old 122d Psalm. The same.
1 The Lord Jehovah reigns
And royal state maintains,
His head with awful glories crown’d;
Array’d in robes of light,
Begirt with sovereign might,
And rays of majesty around.
2 Upheld by thy commands
The world securely stands;
And skies and stars obey thy word:
Thy throne was fix’d on high
Before the starry sky;
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.
3 In vain the noisy crowd,
Like billows fierce and loud,
Against thine empire rage and roar;
In vain, with angry spite,
The surly nations fight,
And dash like waves against the shore.
4 Let floods and nations rage,
And all their powers engage,
Let swelling tides assault the sky;
The terrors of thy frown
Shall beat their madness down;
Thy throne for ever stands on high.
5 Thy promises are true,
Thy grace is ever new;
There fix’d thy church shall ne’er remove:
Thy saints with holy fear
Shall in thy courts appear,
And sing thine everlasting love.
Repeat the fourth stanza to complete the old tune.
Psalm 94:1. 1 2 7-14. First Part. Saints chastised, and sinners destroyed; or, Instructive afflictions.
1 God, to whom revenge belongs,
Proclaim thy truth aloud
Let Sovereign Power redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.
2 They say, “The Lord nor sees nor hears;”
When will the fools be wise!
Can he be deaf who form’d their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?
3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain, And they shall feel his power; His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain In some surprising hour.
4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod;
Thy providences and thy book
Shall make them know their God.
5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise,
And to his duty draw;
Thy scourges make thy children wise
When they forget thy law.
6 But God will ne’er cast off his saints,
Nor his own promise break;
He pardons his inheritance
For their Redeemer’s sake.
Psalm 94:2. 16-23. Second Part. God our support and comfort; or, Deliverance from temptation and persecution.
1 Who will arise and plead my right
Against my numerous foes,
While earth and hell their force unite,
And all my hopes oppose?
2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help,
Sustain’d my fainting head,
My life had now in silence dwelt,
My soul amongst the dead.
3 “Alas! my sliding feet,” I cry’d;
Thy promise was my prop;
Thy grace stood constant by my side,
Thy Spirit bore me up.


