Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America ‎#190b

190b. The Lord Jehovah reigns

1 The Lord Jehovah reigns,
And royal state maintains,
His head with awful glories crown'd;
Array'd in robes of light,
Begirt with sov'reign might,
And rays of majesty around.

2 Upheld by thy commands
The world securely stands,
And skies and stars obey thy word:
Thy throne was fixt on high
Ere stars adorn'd the sky;
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

3 In vain the noisy crowd,
Like billows fierce and loud,
Against thine empire rage and roar;
In vain with angry spite
The surly nations fight,
And dash like waves against the shore.

4 Let floods and nations rage,
And all their power engage,
Let swelling tides assault the sky;
The terrors of thy frown
Shall beat their madness down;
Thy throne forever stands on high.

5 Thy promises are true,
Thy grace is ever new,
There fix'd thy church shall ne'er remove;
Thy saints with holy fear
Shall in thy courts appear,
And sing thine everlasting love.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord Jehovah reigns
• Meter: As the old 122d psalm
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791
• Scripture:
  Psalm 93

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