Version of Paraphrase of the Psalm, A - Psalm 75

1.

Thy Name, immortal God, thy name
Our love and highest praise shall claim,
Whose Acts attest thee ever near,
And plant within each heart thy fear.

2.

To Me, to Me the hour is known,
When, seated on th' appointed Throne,
My Justice shall assert its Laws,
And arbitrate each dubious cause.

3.

Though all the Land before mine eye
Dissolv'd in wide confusion lie,
Secure from lapse its pillars stand,
And rest on my supporting hand.

4.

Lift not the horn, ye Sons of pride,
(Aloud with fierce rebuke I cried,)
Lift not the horn; nor thus in vain,
With stubborn neck oppose my reign.

5.

Shall pow'r, to East or West inclin'd,
Float casual on the wafting wind,
Or issue from the Climes, that blaze
Beneath the Sun's meridian rays:

6.

That God, who erst the Heav'ns outspread,
The regal crown from head to head
Transfers: Wealth, Honour, Pow'r, his Doom
At will shall grant, at will resume.

7.

His hand the full-charg'd cup presents,
While red with wrath its wine serments,
Whose mixture Earth's rebellious Train
Low to its utmost dregs shall drain.

8.

But I, with sacred transport fill'd,
To Jacob 's God my praise will yield;
Through Life's continu'd round, my tongue
Shall wake to Him the joyous song.

9.

Behold me, conqu'ring in his right,
Now crush the horn of impious Might,
Now bid the Just, that prostrate lies,
With lifted head triumphant rise.
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