The Rights of God

The Lord alone shall be exalted. Man over men, he made not LORD; Such title to himself reserving, Human left from human free.

Sole KING of NATIONS! rise, assert thy sway, Thou jealous GOD! thy potent arm display, Tumble the blood-built thrones of despots down, Let dust and darkness be the tyrants crown! May bended knees surround thy awful throne, And praise and worship flow to thee alone; "Most high and mighty" is the NAME DIVINE, And "sacred majesty" alone is thine.

Let impious mortals know that thou art GOD, And they but worms; mere upstarts from the clod! May PEACE and FREEDOM visit earth again, The HATE of monarchs but the BLISS of MEN.