Silk Chant

Be still, all ye enemies of Jah
 And know that the Lord God Jah the Almighty
 Shall wound the head of his enemies
 Jah! Rastafari, Haile Selassie the First
 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered
 Let them also that hate him flee before him
 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away
 As wax melteth before the fire
 So let the wicked perish at the presence of God
 O, let the righteous be glad
 Let them rejoice before God, yea
 Let them exceedingly rejoice
 Sing unto God, sing praises to his Name
 Extol him that rideth upon the heavens
 By his Name Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie the First
 Our Father, strength and redeemer
 Who lives and rules and reigns over all things
 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows
 Is God in his holy habitation
 God setteth the solitary in families
 He bringeth out those which are bound with chains
 For the rebellious dwell in Jah land
 O, God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father, strength and redeemer
 When thou wentest forth before thy people
 When thou did march through the wilderness, Selah
 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped
 At the presence of God
 Even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God
 Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie the First
 The God of Israel
 Thou, O God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer
 Didst send a plentiful rain
 Whereby thou didst confirm thy inheritance
 When it was weary
 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein
 Thou, O God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer
 Hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor
 The Lord God Jah the Almighty
 Our Father strength and redeemer
 Gave the word; great was the company
 Of those that published it
 Kings of armies did flee apace
 And she that tarried at home divided the spoil
 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be
 As the wings of a dove covered with silver
 And her feathers with yellow gold
 When the Almighty God Jah Rastafari
 Our Father strength and redeemer
 Scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon
 The hill of God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father stremgth and redeemer, is as the hill of Bashan
 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill
 Which God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie the First
 Desireth to dwell in. Yea, the LORD God Jah the Almighty
 Our Father strength and redeemer will dwell in it for Iver
 The chariots of God are twenty thousand
 Even thousands of angels
 The Lord God Jah the Almighty Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer
 Is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place
 Thou hast ascended on high
 Thou hast led captivity captive
 Thou hast received gifts for men
 Yea, for the rebellious also
 That the LORD God Jah the Almighty Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer might dwell among them
 Blessed be the Almighty God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer
 Who daily loadeth us with benefits
 Even the God of our salvation. Selah
 He that is our God is the God of salvation
 And unto GOD Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer the Lord
 Belong the issues from death
 But God Jah Rastafari Haile Selassie
 Our Father strength and redeemer shall wound the head
 Of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such an one
 As goeth on still in his trespasses