The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

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.

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