PSALMS

PSALM 2. L. M.

Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension.

¹ W HY did the Jews proclaim their rage?

Against the Lord their powers engage His dear anointed to destroy?

2" Come, let us break his bands," they say, " This man shall never give us laws;" And thus they cast his yoke away, And nail'd the monarch to the cross.

3 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.

4" 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."

5[ His wondrous rising from the earth Makes his eternal Godhead known; The Lord declares his heavenly birth, " This day have I begot my Son.

6" Ascend, my Son, to my right hand; " There shalt thou ask, and I bestow, " The utmost bounds of heathen lands " To thee the northern isles shall bow."

7 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.

PAUSE.

8 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.

9 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.