Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America ‎#9b

9b. 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 Sov'reign still."

[5 His wond'rous 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 th' impious race,
That dares provoke th' avenging God.

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: 1791
• Scripture:
  Psalm 2

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