The Psalter ‎#293

293. Emancipation from Spiritual Slavery

1 Rebels, who had dared to show
Proud contempt of God Most High,
Bound in iron and in woe,
Shades of death and darkness night,
Humbled low with toil and pain,
Fell, and looked for help in vain.

2 To Jehovah then they cried
In their trouble, and He saved,
Threw the prison open wide
Where they lay to death enslaved,
Bade the gloomy shadows flee,
Broke their bonds and set them free.

3 Sons of men, awake to praise
God the Lord Who reigns above,
Gracious in His works and ways,
Wondrous in redeeming love;
Iron bars He breaks like clay,
And the brazen gates give way.

Text Information

• First Line: Rebels, who had dared to show
• Title: Emancipation from Spiritual Slavery
• Meter: 7s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Topic: Adoration; Afflictions: Deliverance from; Afflictions: For sin; Afflictions: Many and Severe; Afflictions: Prayer in; Afflictions: Purpose of; Backsliding; Christ: Atonement of; Christ: Glorying in; Christ: Providences of; Covenant: False; Deliverance: From Sickness; Disobedience; Glory of God: In Providence; God: Hearer of Prayer; God: Love and Mercy; Gospel: Fulness of; Gospel: Invitations of; Grace: Abounding; Grace: Justifying; Grace: Redeeming; Grace: Sovereign; Nations: Prosperity of; Praise: Calls to; Praise: For God's Mercy; Prayer: Answers to; Providence of God: Over His Creatures; Royalty of Christ: Guarantee of Salvation; Royalty of Christ: Providential; Royalty of Christ: Universal Domain of; Salvation: Thanksgiving for; Sin: Salvation from; Thanksgiving: Declared; Thanksgiving: For God's Mercies; Worship: Call to
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Stanzas 6-8

Tune Information

• Name: DIX
• Composer: Conrad Kocher (arr.)
• Meter: 7s
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.