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

IIa. Christ Dying, Rising, Interceding, and Reignings

1 [Maker and Sovereign Lord
Of heaven and earth and seas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.

2 The things so long foretold
By David are fulfill'd;
When Jews and Gentiles join'd to slay
Jesus, thine holy Child.]

3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews, with one accord
Join all their councils to destroy
Th' Anointed of the Lord?

4 Rulers and kings agree
To form a vain design;
Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.

5 The Lord derides their rage,
And will support his throne;
He that hath rais'd him from the dead,
Hath own'd him for his Son.

Pause.

6 Now he's ascended high,
To rule the subject earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heav'nly birth.

7 Beneath his sovereign sway
The Gentile nations bend;
Far as the world's remotest bounds,
His kingdom shall extend.

8 The nations that rebel,
Must feel his iron rod;
He'll vindicate those honours well
Which he receiv'd from God.

9 [Be wise, ye rulers, now,
And worship at his throne;
With trembling joy, ye people bow,
To God's exalted Son.

10 If once his wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place;
Then blessed is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.]

Text Information

• First Line: Maker and Sovereign Lord
• Title: Christ Dying, Rising, Interceding, and Reignings
• Meter: Short Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1785
• Scripture:
  Psalm 2
• Notes: Translated according to the Divine Pattern, Acts 4:24-

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