Religion

Psalm XCVIII

by Richard Baxter 1615–1691

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

Religion

Sing a new song to God,
The things which he hath done
Are great and marvellous,
And make his Greatness known.
His right hand high,
And holy arm, Did well perform
His victory.

His great salvation
The Lord hath well made known,
And in the heathens sight
His righteousness hath shown.

Toward Israel
He mercy hath, And his firm truth
Remembred well.
All the ends of the earth
God's saving works and ways
Have with their eyes beheld.

With joy sound forth his praise.
Let all men raise
Their loudest voice, In him rejoyce,
And sing his praise.

Sing to God with the Harp,
With Psalms and Musick's voice;

Trumpets and Cornets sound,
Make ye a joyful noise.
Before the Lord,
The World's great King, With praises sing
With sweet concord.

Let the great Ocean roar,
Its waves and fulness swell:

Let all the world praise God,
And they that therein dwell.
Let floods applaud,
And hills rejoyce, As with one voice
The Lord to laud.

God's presence all attend,
For he is coming forth
With truth and righteousness,
To judge all men on earth.
The world will he
To judgment call, And judge men all
With equity.

MLA

Baxter, Richard. “Psalm XCVIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/baxter/97/.

Chicago

Baxter, Richard. “Psalm XCVIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/baxter/97/.

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