Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#43

43. Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation

1 Now let our mournful songs record
The dying sorrows of our Lord,
When he complain'd in tears and blood,
As one forsaken of his God.

2 The Jews behold him thus forlorn,
And shake their heads and laugh in scorn;
"He rescued others from the grave;
"Now let him try himself to save.

3 "This is the man did once pretend
"God was his father and his friend;
"If God the blessed lov'd him so,
"Why doth he fail to help him now?

4 Oh savage people! cruel priests!
How they stood round like raging beasts;
Like lions gaping to devour,
When God had left him in their power.

5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till streams of blood each other meet;
By lot his garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which he died.

6 But God his father heard his cry;
Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Now let our mournful songs record
• Title: Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 22
• Topic: Christ: his sufferings and kingdom; Death: and sufferings of Christ; Exaltation of Christ to the Kingdom; Gentiles: given to Christ; Vengeance: and compassion

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