Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Exaltation of Christ to the Kingdom First Line: Why did the Jews proclaim their Rage? Lyrics: 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.
e But GOD, who high in Glory reigns,
Laughs at their Pride, their Rage controuls;
He'll vex their Hearts 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 heavenly Birth,
"This day have I begot my Son.
6 "Ascend, my Son, to my Right-hand,
"There thou shalt ask, and I bestow,
"The utmost Bounds of Heathen Lands;
"To thee the Northern Isles shall bow."]
7 But Nations that resist his Grace
Shall fall beneath his Iron Stroke;
His Rod shall crush his Foes with Ease,
As Potters Earthen Work is broke.
Pause.
8 Now ye that sit on earthly Thrones,
Be wise, and serve the Lord, the Lamb:
Now at 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,
If ye provoke his jealousy.
10 His Storms shall drive you quick to Hell,
He is a GOD, and ye but Dust;
Happy the Souls that know him well,
And make his Grace their only Trust. Scripture: Psalm 2
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