The Psalms of David - Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship by Isaac Watts
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The promise and signs of Christ's coming to judgment.
1 Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail, Religion loses ground, The sons of violence prevail, And treacheries abound. 2 Their oaths and promises they break, Yet act the flatterer's part; With fair deceitful lips they speak, And with a double heart. 3 If we reprove some hateful lie, How is their fury stirr'd! "Are not our lips our own" they cry, "And who shall be our lord?" 4 Scoffers appear on every side, Where a vile race of men Is rais'd to seats of power and pride, And bears the sword in vain. PAUSE. 5 Lord, when iniquities abound, And blasphemy grows bold, When faith is hardly to be found, And love is waxing cold, 6 Is not thy chariot hastening on? |
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