Religion

Psalm XXIX

by Sir John Davies 1569–1626

From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)

Religion

Yee kings, since by GOD'S power and grace, yee raigne,
Glory and power ascribe to Him againe;
Yeild Him the honnour due to His great name,
And in His glorious COURTS, His praise proclaime;
His voyce doth cause the Seas, to swell and shake,
And in the heauens the dreadfull thunder make;
JEHOUAH'S voice, effects of power doth breed,
It is a stronge and glorious voyce indeed;
His voyce the cedar doth in sunder teare,
The Cedars which MOUNT LEBANUS doth beare;
Makes LEBANUS, and HERMON hill, to tremble
And skippinge CALUES and UNICORNES, resemble;
Doth breake the clouds, and flames of fire deuide,
The deserts shake, euen CADES desert wide;
Makes hindes to calue, for feare makes forrests bare,
While in His temple wee His praise declare;
The Lord vpon the water-floods doth raigne,
The Lord a KINGE for euer doth remaine;
The Lord shall still His people's strength encrease,
And giue to them the blessinge of His peace.

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