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The Psalms of David · Psalm 93

The Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crowned; Arrayed in robes of light, Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around.

Upheld by thy commands, The world securely stands; And skies and stars obey thy word: Thy throne was fixed on high Before the starry sky; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

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.

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

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