Religion

Psalm XCVI

by Richard Baxter 1615–1691

From Paraphrase on the Psalms of David in Metre (1692)

Religion

O Sing ye now unto the Lord
New [framed] songs with joy and mirth
Sing praises to the Lord our God,
All people of the [spacious] earth.

Sing to the Lord, and bless his name,
And [daily] his salvation show:

His Glory to the heathen tell,
Make all [the world] his wonders know.

For great and glorious is our God,
And greatly [to be] prais'd is he;
And he above all Gods and Powers,
[By all] must fear'd and praised be.

The feigned Gods are Idols all,
Which [the blind] heathen Nations fear;
It is our God alone, by whom
The heav'ns [and all] created were.

In honour, and in majesty
His [holy] presence doth excel;
And strength with glorious beauty in
His Sanctuary [always] dwell.

All nations that on earth do dwell,
Ye people of each [land and] tribe,
Give glory to our glorious Lord,
[Glory] and strength to him ascribe.

Give to God's Name the glory due;
To's Courts [come and] your off'ring bring:

In splendid beauteous holiness
Worship the Lord our [supream] King.
Fear ye before him all the earth;

Tell [heathens] all the Lord doth reign:
The world shall be established,
And [shall] not [be] remov'd again.
He all men righteously shall judge;

Let earth [be glad] and heav'n rejoyce:
The great sea, and its fulness all,
Praise God [even] with [its] roaring noise.

Let the fields prosper and rejoyce,
And all that's [on and] from the earth;
The woods and all the trees shall sing,
And flourish as [it were] with mirth

Before the Lord; For lo, he comes,
He comes the earth to [judge and] try;
The world he'll judge with righteousness,
And [people] all with equity.

MLA

Baxter, Richard. “Psalm XCVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/baxter/95/.

Chicago

Baxter, Richard. “Psalm XCVI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/baxter/95/.

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