Religion

Psalm 99

by John White 1575–1648

From Davids Psalms in Metre (1655)

Religion

THE Lord doth reign, before his face
let all the people quake;
He sits between the Cherubims,
let th'earth be mov'd and shake.
The Lord is great in Zion, and
above all people high,
His dreadful name which holy is,
let all men magnifie.

The Kings strength also judgement loves,
and thou dost equity
Stablish, and judgement execute
in Jacob righteously.
Let now the Lord of all, our God,
in praise exalted be,
Before his footstool worship him,
for holy sure is he.

Moses and Aaron, with his Priests,
with those that on him call,
Was Samuel, on the Lord they call'd,
he answered them all.
He in a cloudy pillar spake
to them, they his decree
And testimonies which they gave
them, kept obediently.

Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God,
a pardoning God thou wast
To them, though for their practices
thou vengeance took'st at last.
Exalt on high the Lord our God,
and at his holy hill
Him worship, for the Lord our God
ev'n he is holy still.

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A metrical version of Psalm 99.

MLA

White, John. “Psalm 99.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/white_john/92/.

Chicago

White, John. “Psalm 99.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/white_john/92/.

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