The second Song of Esay. Esa. 12. SONG XX. LORD! I will sing to thee, And yet withdrew'st thy wrath from me Thou art my health, on whom For thou, O Lord! thou art become And with rejoicing now, Sweet waters we convey Forth of those springs whence life doth flow; And thus we therefore say, O sing unto the Lord! His name and works proclaim; Yea to the people bear record, Which through the earth is known. On Sion hill that dwell! For lo! the Holy-one in thee The third Song of Esay. Esa. 26. SONG XXI. A CITY now we have obtain'd, The gates thereof wide open yet, And those that truth's observers be, There thou in peace wilt keep them sure, For ever, therefore, on the Lord, Their feet that are in want and care, Their feet thereon shall tread; Their ways are right that righteous are, And thou their path dost heed. Upon thy course of judgments we, And to record thy name and thee, On thee our minds, with strong desire, And after thee our hearts enquire For when thy righteous judgments are By those, that do inhabit there, Yet sinners for no terror will To seek the glory of the Lord, They unregardful be; And thy advanced hand, O Lord! They will not deign to see. But they shall see, and see with shame, That bear thy people spite; Yea, from thy foes shall come a flame, Which shall devour them quite. Then, Lord! for us thou wilt procure, That we in peace may be ; Because that ev'ry work of our Is wrought for us by thee. And, Lord our God! though we are brought To other lords in thrall, Of thee alone shall be our thought, Upon thy name to call. They are deceas'd, and never shall They die, and shall not rise at all For thou didst visit them therefore, But Lord! increas'd thy people are, And thou art glorified as far For Lord! in their distresses, when Thy rod on them was laid, They unto thee did hasten then, As one with child is pain'd, when as And cries in pangs, before thy face, We have conceiv'd, and for a birth The world's unsafe, and still on earth Thy dead shall live and rise again, With my dead body shall. O you that in the dust remain, Awake, and sing you all! For as the dew doth herbs renew, That buried seem'd before, So earth shall through thy heavenly dew Her dead alive restore. My people! to thy chambers fare, And stay awhile, a moment there, For lo! the Lord doth now arise: possess. The earth that blood discover shall, And bring to light those murthers all, The Prayer of Hezekiah. Esay. 37. 15. SONG XXII. O LORD of Hosts and God of Israel, Yea, he their gods into the fire hath thrown; |