Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #130b (1786) Hymnal Title: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) First Line: 'Twas for our sake, eternal God Lyrics: 1 'Twas for thy sake, eternal God,
Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load
Of base reproach and sore disgrace,
While shame defil'd his sacred face.
2 The Jews his brethren and his kin,
Abus'd the man that check'd their sin;
While he fulfill'd thy holy laws,
They hate him, but without a cause.
3 [My Father's house, said he, was made
A place for worship, not for trade;
Then scattering all their gold and brass,
He scourg'd the merchants from the place.]
4 [Zeal for the temple of his God
Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood:
Reproaches at thy glory thrown
He felt, and mourn'd them as his own.]
5 [His friends forsook, his followers fled,
While foes and arms surround his head;
They curse him with a slanderous tongue,
And the false judge maintains the wrong.]
6 His life they load with hateful lies,
And charge his lips with blasphemies:
They nail him to the shameful tree;
There hung the man that dy'd for me.
7 But God beheld, and from his throne
Marks out the men that hate his Son;
The hand that rais'd him from the dead,
Shall pour the vengeance on their head. Topics: Blood of Christ cleansing from Sin; Christ his death and resurrection; Christ his obedience and death; Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Death and resurrection of Christ; Death and sufferings of Christ; Exaltation of Christ to the Kingdom; Glory of God in our salvation; God Glorified and Sinners saved; Sacrifice; Saints by Christ; Suffering and Kingdom of Christ; Blood of Christ cleansing from Sin; Christ his death and resurrection; Christ his obedience and death; Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Death and resurrection of Christ; Death and sufferings of Christ; Exaltation of Christ to the Kingdom; Glory of God in our salvation; God Glorified and Sinners saved; Sacrifice; Saints by Christ; Suffering and Kingdom of Christ Scripture: Psalm 69:7-36 Languages: English
Christ's Sufferings and Zeal