Peoples Praises

orchidee



Tune: St Denio

('Immortal, invisible, God only wise')

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Psalm 95 v.1-2

O come let us sing to the LORD, make joyful

Noise to the rock of our salvation, praise all

You peoples, come before Him with thanksgiving

With songs, hymns, psalms, worship Him gratefully bring

 

Psalm 96 v.9-10

Worship the LORD in beauty of holiness

Fear before Him all the earth, His name confess

Say among the heathen, The Lord, He reigns e'er

He judges righteously, with Him none compare

 

Psalm 97 v.1-2

The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice and be glad

Let multitude of the isles not now be sad

Clouds, darkness around Him, and righteousness be

With judgement, His throne's foundations they are, see

 

Psalm 98 v.3

The LORD has to us remembered His mercy

His loving-kindness and His faithfulness, He

Keeps towards His people, His truth ever sure

All ends of earth have seen His salvation pure

 

Psalm 99 v.2-3

The LORD great in Zion, over peoples all

Let them praise His great name, and unto Him call

For His name is holy, terrible, awesome

Yet He will accept your praise, unto Him come

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 12th, 2020 02:03
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 11.11.11.11. metre. A 'high' start to the week? 'Terrible' in the last verse is the same as 'awesome'. Only my singing is terrible, in the other sense of the word! heehee. Now I must sing these poems, if I'm writing them! lol.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • orchidee

    Them '11' lines can be a bit tricky. Just need the inspiration! This was not too tricky to write.

  • L. B. Mek

    I care-not for theological merits of other's argued perspectives, but I will say again: the verses in Psalms are some of the greatest poetry to have ever graced the undying marriage of ink and page!

    • orchidee

      Thanks LB.

    • Neville


      I have never really thought about it before, but yes, I imagine working to a strict eleven meter count can not be easy .. so award yourself a gold star ....

      Neville

      • orchidee

        Thanks Neville. One hint is to mark it off each 11 line into, say 5.6. or 6.5. lines. One can choose if it rhymes mid-lines AND at the end of the lines, OR only at the end of the lines. A clever hymn, that rhymes mid-line and end-line.
        OR just waffle on for 11 syllables per line! This all sounds like Bingo: 5, 6, 11....

      • Goldfinch60

        Good one Orchi.

        • orchidee

          Thanks Gold.



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