Scripture Verse

The Lord reigneth. He is clothed with majesty. Psalm 98:1

Introduction

illustration
Nahum Tate (1652–1715)

Words: New Ver­sion of the Psalms of Da­vid, by Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, 1696, 1698, alt.

Music: Men­don, Ger­man tune. Ar­ranged by Sam­uel Dy­er, Sup­ple­ment of Sam­uel Dy­er’s Third Edi­tion of Sac­red Mu­sic 1828 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

  • Luz Lo­well Ma­son, The Mo­dern Psalm­ist (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: John H. Wil­kins & Ri­chard B. Car­ter, 1839), page 56 (🔊 pdf nwc)

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Dy­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

With glo­ry clad, with strength ar­rayed,
The Lord, that o’er all na­ture reigns,
The world’s foun­da­tions strong­ly laid,
And its vast fab­ric still sus­tains.

How sure­ly stab­lished is Thy throne,
Which shall no change or pe­ri­od see!
For Thou, O Lord, and Thou alone,
Art God from all eter­ni­ty.

The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice,
And toss the trou­bled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the an­gry sea com­ply.

Thy pro­mise, Lord, is ev­er sure,
And they that in Thy house would dwell,
That hap­py sta­tion to se­cure,
Must still in ho­li­ness ex­cel.