Arise, Great God

Arise

great God

and let Thy grace

Its beams ef­fuse on Ja­cob’s race:

Restore the long lost scat­tered band

And call them to their na­tive land.

Their mi­se­ry let Thy mer­cy heal

Their tres­pass hide

their par­don seal;

Check in mid-course Thy dread­ful ire

And bid its kin­dled flames ex­pire!

O grant them still Thy love to share;

Incline Thine ear

ac­cept our pray­er;

Cleanse them from un­be­lief and sin

And ga­ther

too

the Gen­tiles in.

How long shall Ja­cob’s off­spring prove

The sad sus­pen­sion of Thy love?

Say

shall Thy wrath per­pe­tu­al burn?

And wilt Thou ne’er

ap­peased

re­turn?

Thy quick­en­ing Spir­it now im­part

And wake to joy each grate­ful heart

While Is­ra­el’s res­cued tribes in Thee

Their bliss and full sal­va­tion see!

No long­er

heav­en­ly Sire

de­lay

Thy wont­ed mer­cy now dis­play

And let Thy all dis­pos­ing will

Thy peo­ple’s stead­fast hope ful­fill.