Israel, Thy Tribute Bring

Israel

thy trib­ute bring

To God’s vic­tor­ious name;

The song of Mos­es sing

Of Mos­es and the Lamb:

Improve his lays; the theme ex­ceeds

And nob­ler deeds de­mand our praise.

The prince of hell arose

With im­pi­ous rage and pride

And ’midst our nu­mer­ous foes

Our fee­ble pow­er de­fied;

I will o’er­take

and I de­stroy

My hand with joy shall force thee back.

Thy hand

al­migh­ty Lord

Thy trem­bling Is­ra­el saves;

Thine un­re­sist­ed Word

Divides the threat­en­ing waves:

Thy hosts pass o’er; the foe o’er­thrown

Sinks like a stone to rise no more.

Our tri­umphs we pre­pare

And cheer­ful an­thems raise;

Jehovah’s arm made bare

Demands im­mor­tal praise;

And while we sing

ye shores

pro­claim

His won­drous name; ye des­erts

sing.

Thro’ all the wil­der­ness

Thy pre­sence

Lord

shall lead;

And bring us to the place

Thy sov­er­eign love de­creed;

Those bliss­ful plains

where all around

Hosannas sound

and trans­port reigns.