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.) #146b (1786) First Line: Oh what a stiff rebellious house Lyrics: 1 Oh what a stiff rebellious house
Was Jacob's antient race!
False to their own most solemn vows,
And to their Maker's grace.
2 They broke the covenant of his love,
And did his laws despise,
Forgot the works he wrought to prove
His power before their eyes.
3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light
From his avenging hand:
What dreadful tokens of his might
Spread o'er the stubborn land.
4 They saw him cleave the mighty sea,
And march'd in safety through,
With watery walls to guard their way,
'Till they had 'scap'd the foe.
5 A wondrous pillar mark'd the road,
Compos'd of shade and light;
By day it prov'd a sheltering cloud,
A leading fire by night.
6 He from the rock their thirst supply'd;
The gushing waters flow'd,
And ran in rivers by their side,
Along the desert road.
7 Yet they provok'd the Lord most high,
And dar'd distrust his hand;
"Can he with bread our host supply
"Amidst this desert land?"
8 The Lord with indignation heard,
And caus'd his wrath to flame:
His terrors ever stand prepar'd
To vindicate his name. Topics: Backsliding pardoned; Children instructed; Education religious; Glutton; Israel rebellion and punishment; Luxury punished; Pardon of backsliding; Providence recorded; Religious Education; Saints punished and saved; Backsliding pardoned; Children instructed; Education religious; Glutton; Israel rebellion and punishment; Luxury punished; Pardon of backsliding; Providence recorded; Religious Education; Saints punished and saved Scripture: Psalm 78 Languages: English
Israel's Rebellion and Punishment; or, the Sins and Chastisements of God's People