The Psalms of David ‎#XXIIc

XXIIc. CHRIST's Sufferings and Exaltations

1 Now let our mournful songs record
The dying sorrows of our LORD,
When he complain'd in tears and blood,
As one forsaken of his GOD.

2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,
And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn;
"He rescu'd others from the grave;
"Now let him try himself to save.

3 "This is the man did once pretend
"GOD was his father and his friend;
"If GOD the blessed lov'd him so,
"Why doth he fail to help him now?"

4 Barbarous people! cruel priests!
How they stood round like savage beasts;
Like lions gaping to devour,
When GOD had left him in their pow'r.

5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
'Till streams of blood each other meet;
By lot his garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which he dy'd.

6 But GOD his father heard his cry;
Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Now let our mournful songs record
• Title: CHRIST's Sufferings and Exaltations
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1780
• Scripture:
  Psalm 22

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