Why Did the Jews Proclaim Their Rage?

Why did the Jews pro­claim their rage?

The Ro­mans why their swords em­ploy?

Against the Lord their pow­ers en­gage

His dear Anoint­ed to de­stroy?

Come

let us break His bands

they say;

This man shall nev­er give us laws:

And thus they cast His yoke away

And nailed the Mon­arch to the cross.

But God who high in glo­ry reigns

Laughs at their pride

their rage con­trols;

He’ll vex their hearts with in­ward pains

And speak in thun­der to their souls.

“I will main­tain the King I made

On Zion’s ev­er­last­ing hill;

My hand shall bring Him from the dead

And He shall stand your sov­er­eign still.

His won­drous ris­ing from the earth

Makes His eter­nal God­head known;

The Lord de­clares His heav’n­ly birth—

“This day I have be­got My Son.

Ascend

My Son

to My right hand

There Thou shalt ask

and I be­stow

The ut­most bounds of hea­then lands;

To Thee the north­ern isles shall bow.

But na­tions that re­sist His grace

Shall fall be­neath His iron stroke;

His rod shall crush His foes with ease

As pot­ters’ earth­en work is broke.

Now

ye that sit on earth­ly thrones

Be wise

and serve the Lord

the Lamb;

Now at His feet sub­mit your crowns

Rejoice and trem­ble at His name.

With hum­ble love ad­dress the Son

Lest He grow an­gry

and ye die;

His wrath will burn to worlds un­known

If ye pro­voke His jea­lou­sy.

His storms shall drive you quick to hell;

He is a God

and ye but dust;

Happy the souls that know Him well

And make His grace their on­ly trust.