Can hinder no man 'gainst the Maker's will.
The power of life He holds--He who doth bind
The billows, and doth threaten and rebuke
The dusky waves. With justice He shall rule 520
The nations--He who raised the firmament,
And made it fast with His own hands; who wrought
And did uphold; and with His glory filled
Bright Paradise--so was the angels' home
Made blessèd by His sole eternal might.

[Footnote 1: Lit. "bath-road."]

The truth is manifest and clear to all,
That thou art thane most excellent of Him,
The King who sits enthroned in majesty;
Because the swelling ocean knew thee straight,
The circuit of the raging ocean knew 530
That thou didst have the Holy Spirit's gifts.
The sea, the mingling waves, turned back again;
Still grew the Terror, the wide-bosomed flood;
The waves subsided straightway when they saw
That God had girt thee with His covenant,
He who did stablish by His own strong might
The blessedness of glory without end."

Then spake with holy voice the champion
Valiant of heart; he magnified the King
Who rules in glory, speaking thus in words:-- 540
"Blest art Thou, King of men, Redeeming Lord;
Thy power endureth ever; near and far