Psalms ‎#2c

2c. Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension

1 Why did the Jews proclaim their rage?
The Romans why their swords employ?
Against the Lord? their powers engage,
His dear Anointed to destroy?

2 "Come, let us break his bands, they say:
"This man shall never give us laws:"
And thus they cast his yoke away,
And nail'd the Monarch to the cross.

3 But God, who high in Glory reigns,
Laughs at their pride, their rage controuls:
He'll smite their heart with inward pains,
And speak in thunder to their souls.

4 "I will maintain the king I made
"On Zion's everlasting hill,
"My hand shall bring him from the dead,
"And he shall stand your sovereign still."

5 [His wondrous rising from the earth
Makes his eternal Godhead known;
The Lord declares his heav'nly birth:
"This day have I begot my Son.

6 "Ascend, my Son, to my right-hand,
"There thou shalt ask, and I bestow
"The outmost bounds of heathen lands;
"To thee their suppliant tribes shall bow."]

7 But nations that resist his grace
Shall fall beneath his lifted rod;
His arm shall crush the impious race,
That dares provoke th' avenging God.

Pause.

8 Now ye that sit on earthly thrones,
Be wise, and serve the Lord, the Lamb;
Now to his feet submit your crowns,
Rejoice and tremble at his name.

9 With humble love address the Son,
Lest he grow angry, and ye die,
His wrath will burn to worlds unknown,
His love gives life above the sky.

10 His storms shall quell the stuborn foe,
And sink his honours in the dust:
Happy the souls, their God that know,
And make his grace their only trust.

Text Information

• First Line: Why did the Jews proclaim their rage?
• Title: Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  Psalm 2

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