Maker and Sovereign Lord

Maker and sov­er­eign Lord

Of Heav’n and earth and seas

Thy prov­idence con­firms Thy Word

And an­swers Thy de­crees.

The things so long fore­told

By Da­vid are ful­filled

When Jews and Gen­tiles joined to slay

Jesus

Thine ho­ly Child.

Why did the Gen­tiles rage

And Jews with one ac­cord

Bend all their coun­sels to de­stroy

Th’Anointed of the Lord?

Rulers and kings agree

To form a vain de­sign;

Against the Lord their pow­ers unite

Against His Christ they join.

The Lord de­rides their rage

And will sup­port His throne;

He that hath raised Him from the dead

Hath owned Him for His Son.

Now He’s as­cend­ed high

And asks to rule the earth;

The mer­it of His blood He pleads

And pleads His heav’n­ly birth.

He asks

and God be­stows

A large in­her­it­ance;

Far as the world’s re­mot­est ends

His king­dom shall ad­vance.

The na­tions that re­bel

Must feel His iro­n rod;

He’ll vin­di­cate those hon­ors well

Which He re­ceived from God.

Be wise

ye rul­ers

now

And wor­ship at His throne;

With trem­bling joy

ye peo­ple

bow

To God’s ex­alt­ed Son.

If once His wrath arise

Ye per­ish on the place;

Then bless­èd is the soul that flies

For re­fuge to His grace.