Father, and God of Abraham

Father

and God of Ab­ra­ham

hear

Who didst in faith­ful mer­cy send

A kind ce­les­ti­al mes­sen­ger

To save the bro­ther of Thy friend

While ven­geance on the wick­ed came

Snatched as a brand out of the flame;

Hear us

who now for mer­cy call

Us

who in Ab­ra­ham’s foot­steps go

Before Thy lift­ed thun­der fall

Before Thy wrath our land o’er­throw

Like So­dom and Go­mor­rah make

And plunge us in the burn­ing lake.

With kind dis­ting­uish­ing re­gard

Preserve the poor af­flict­ed few

Who watch for all ev­ents pre­pared

With gush­ing eyes the wick­ed view

Vexed with their deeds

while day by day

We weep our pen­sive lives away.

Remember

Lord

the right­eous man

And us

and ours

far off re­move

Exempted from ju­di­cial pain

Conducted to the mount above

O let us to our Zo­ar fly

And find a place of re­fuge nigh.

Thou nev­er canst Thy foes con­sume

Unless Thou first se­cure Thy friends

Thy friends re­tard th’ im­pend­ing doom

And lo! The judg­ment still im­pends

Till all who will

es­cape

and rest

Close shel­tered in their Sav­ior’s breast.