Spirit of the Psalms
Psalm 114
George Burgess
When forth from Egypt's trembling strand
The tribes of Israel sped,
And Jacob in the stranger's land
Departing banners spread;
2 Then One, amid their thick array,
His kingly dwelling made,
And all along the desert way
Their guiding sceptre sway'd.
3 The sea beheld, and struck with dread,
Roll'd all its billows back;
And Jordan, through his deepest bed,
Reveal'd their destined track.
4 What ail'd thee, O thou mighty sea?
Why roll'd thy waves in dread?
What bade thy tide, O Jordan, flee
And bare its deepest bed?
5 O earth, before the Lord, the God
Of Jacob, tremble still;
Who makes the waste a water'd sod,
The flint a gushing rill.
George Burgess, 1839.
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Poetry of the Psalms
The "Poetry of the Psalms" is a collection of poems expressing the struggles, fears, anger, joy and love revealed in the Psalms of the Bible. They were written over hundreds of years by various authors, including Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, George Burgess, Charles Spurgeon, Abraham Coles, Augustus Toplady, Tate and Brady.
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