Thy praises, O eternal King,
Our souls in sacred verse will sing,
The wonders of Thy works declare,
Thy presence in Thy pow'r and care.
When I shall wear the Hebrew crown,
High justice shall my reign renown.
The land with weak'ning discord rent,
The people without government,
Faint and dissolve. Her pillars I
Support, her breaches fortify.
Proud man, I said, renounce thy pride,
Thou fool, thy folly cast aside,
Do not so high your horns erect,
Nor bellow as with yoke uncheck'd.
Preferment from the orient,
Nor from the evening sun's descent,
Nor desert, comes. God guides our fates,
He raiseth and he ruinates.
A cup of red and mingled wine
He poureth out to me and mine.
But every rebel in the land
Shall drink the dregs, squeez'd by His Hand.
His noble acts I will relate,
The God of Jacob celebrate;
Suppress the wicked and their ways,
The just to wealth and honour raise.