Psalm XCVII

God reigneth: Let the earth be glad,
And [let the] Isles rejoyce each one;

Darkness and clouds encompass him,
In [truth and] judgment dwells his throne.

Fire goes before him, and his foes
It [wasts and] burns up round about.

His Lightnings lightened the world,
[The] earth [it] saw, and shook throughout.

And at the presence of the Lord
The [mighty] hills like wax did melt;
When of the Lord of all the earth
The [dreadful] presence they had felt.

The glorious heav'ns his righteousness
[To all] do manifestly show;
His Glory so resplendent is,
That all men [willing] may it know.

They that serve graven Images,
[Sham'd and] confounded all shall be;
And they that of their Idols boast,
All [called] Gods, him worship ye.

Sion heard this, and did rejoyce,
[And] Judah's daughters [all] were glad
For all thy judgments, Lord, of which
The [sight or] notice they have had.

For thou the glorious Lord art high
[Extoll'd] above the earth by far;
All that are called Gods by men,
[Thy] creatures and [thy] subjects are.

Hate evil ye that fear the Lord,
The [souls of] Saints that do him serve
He keepeth out of wicked hands,
And will them all [save and] preserve.

For righteous men (though now in grief)
[Future] light is prepar'd and sown;
And gladness is by God design'd
For [every] upright hearted one.

Ye righteous, in the Lord your God
Rejoyce with [hearty] thankfulness;
The honourable memory
Keep of his [perfect] holiness.