The Voice of Praise ‎#39

39. When Israel out of Egypt came

1 When Israel out of Egypt came,
And left the proud oppressor's land,
Supported by the great I AM,
Safe in the hollow of his hand,
The Lord in Israel reigned alone,
And Judah was his favorite throne.

2 The sea beheld his power, and fled,
Disparted by the wondrous rod;
Jordan ran backward to its head,
And Sinai felt th' incumbent God;
The mountains skipped like frightened rams,
The hills leaped after them as lambs.

3 What ailed thee, O thou trembling sea?
What horror turned the river back?
Was nature's God displeased with thee?
And why should hills or mountains shake?
Ye mountains huge, that skipped like rams!
Ye hills, that leaped as frightened lambs!

4 Earth, tremble on, with all thy sons,
In presence of thy awful Lord,
Whose power inverted nature owns,
Her only law his sovereign word:
He shakes the center with his rod,
And heaven bows down to Jacob's God.

5 Creation, varied by his hand,
The Omnipotent Jehovah knows;
The sea is turned to solid land,
The rock into a fountain flows:
And all things, as they change, proclaim
The Lord eternally the same.

Text Information

• First Line: When Israel out of Egypt came
• Author: C. Wesley
• Meter: L. P. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Psalm 18:9
  ;
  Psalm 114:1-8
  ;
  Isaiah 40:12
• Topic: Attributes of God: Immutability; Omnipotence and Immutability

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