Why Did the Gentiles Tumults Raise?

Why did the Gen­tiles tu­mults raise?

What rage was in their brain?

Why do the peo­ple still con­trive

A thing that is but vain?

The kings and rul­ers of the earth

Conspire and are all bent

Against the Lord

and Christ His Son

Whom He among us sent.

Shall we be bound to them? Say they

Let all their bonds be broke;

And of their doc­trine and their law

Let us re­ject the yoke.

But He that in the Heav’n doth dwell

Their do­ings will de­ride;

And make them all as mock­ing-stocks

Throughout the world so wide.

For in His wrath He shall re­prove

Their pride and scorn­ful way

And in His fu­ry trou­ble them

And un­to them shall say

I have anoint­ed Him My king

Upon My ho­ly hill;

I will there­fore

Lord

preach Thy law

According to Thy will:

The law where­of the Lord Him­self

Hath thus said un­to Me

Thou art My on­ly Son

this day

Have I be­got­ten Thee.

The peo­ple I will give to Thee

As heirs at Thy re­quest

The ends and coasts of all the earth

By Thee shall be pos­sessed.

Thou shalt them bruise e’en like to those

That un­der foot are trod

And as a pot­ter’s ves­sel break

Them with an ir­on rod.

Now ye

O kings and rul­ers all

Be wise there­fore and learned

By who the mat­ters of the world

Are judged and dis­cerned.

See that ye serve the Lord ab­ove

In trem­bling and in fear;

See that with rev­er­ence ye re­joice

When ye to Him draw near:

See that ye do em­brace and kiss

His Son with­out de­lay;

Lest in His wrath ye sud­den­ly

Perish from the right way.

If once His wrath (but lit­tle) shall

Be kin­dled in His breast

Then on­ly they that trust in Him

Shall hap­py be and blest.