Disposer Supreme and Judge of the Earth { Disposer Supreme and Judge of the Earth HANOVER-William Croft OLD 104TH-Thomas Ravenscroft, Psalter, 1621 Disposer Supreme, and Judge of the Earth } Disposer Supreme, And Judge of the earth, Who choosest for thine The weak and the poor; To frail earthen vessels And things of no worth Entrusting thy riches, Which always endure; Those vessels soon fail, Though full of thy ligh t, And at thy decree Are broken and gone; Then brightly appeareth The arm of thy might, As through the clouds riven The lightnings have s hone. Like clouds are they borne To do thy great will, And swift as the winds About the world go; The fire of thy presence Their spirits doth fill, They thunder, they lighten, The waters o'erflow. Their sound goeth forth, "Christ Jesus is Lord:" Then Satan doth fear, His citadels fall: As when the dread trumpets Went forth at thy word , And one long blast shattered The Canaanite's wall . Then loud be their trump, And stirring their sou nd, To route us, O Lord, From slumber of sin; The lights thou hast kindled In darkness around, O may they illumine Our spirits within! All honour and praise, Dominion and might, To God Three in One Eternally be; Who round us hath shed His marvellous light, And called us from darkness His glory to see.