🏛️ Hymn 63 - LAW [NOMOS]

A Hymn. The holy king of Gods and men I call, celestial Law [Nomos], the righteous seal of all; The seal which stamps whate'er the earth contains, Nature's firm basis, and the liquid plains:

Stable, and starry, of harmonious frame, preserving laws eternally the same: Thy all-composing pow'r in heaven appears, connects its frame, and props the starry spheres;

And shakes weak Envy with tremendous sound, toss'd by thy arm in giddy whirls around. 'Tis thine, the life of mortals to defend, and crown existence with a blessed end;

For thy command and alone, of all that lives order and rule to ev'ry dwelling gives: Ever observant of the upright mind, and of just actions the companion kind;

Foe to the lawless, with avenging ire, their steps involving in destruction dire. Come, bless, abundant pow'r, whom all revere, by all desir'd, with favr'ing mind draw near;

Give me thro' life, on thee to fix my fight, and ne'er forsake the equal paths of right.