Psalms ‎#2a

2a. Christ Dying, Rising, Interceding, and Reigning

[1 Maker and sovereign Lord
Of heaven and earth and seas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.

2 The things so long foretold
By David are fulfill'd,
When Jews and Gentiles join to slay
Jesus, thine holy Child.]

3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews with one accord
Join all their councils to destroy
Th' Anointed of the Lord?

4 Rulers and Kings agree
To form a vain design;
Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.

5 The Lord derides their rage,
And will support his throne;
He that hath rais'd him from the dead,
Hath own'd him for his Son.

Pause.

6 Now he's ascended high,
To rule the subject earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heavenly birth.

7 Beneath his sovereign sway
The Gentile nations bend;
Far as the world's remotest bounds
His kingdom shall extend.

8 The nations that rebel,
Must feel his iron rod;
He'll vindicate those honours well
Which he receiv'd from God.

9 [Be wise, ye rulers, now,
And worship at his throne;
With trembling joy, ye people, bow,
To God's exalted Son.

10 If once his wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place:
Then blessed is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.]

Text Information

• First Line: Maker and sovereign Lord
• Title: Christ Dying, Rising, Interceding, and Reigning
• Meter: Short Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  Psalm 2
  ;
  Acts 4:24-30
• Notes: Translated according to the Divine Patern

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