The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

5 And while his judgments long delay,
They grow secure and sin the more;
They think he sleeps as well as they,
And put far off the dreadful hour.

6 O dreadful hour! when God draws near, And sets their crimes before their eyes!  His wrath their guilty souls shall tear, And no deliverer dare to rise.

Psalm 50:5.  To a new Tune. 
The last judgment.

1 The Lord the Sovereign sends his summons forth, Calls the south nations, and awakes the north; From east to west the sounding orders spread Thro’ distant worlds and regions of the dead:  No more shall atheists mock his long delay; His vengeance sleeps no more:  behold the day!

2 Behold the Judge descends; his guards are nigh; Tempest and fire attend him down the sky:  Heaven, earth and hell draw near; let all things come To hear his justice and the sinners doom:  But gather first my saints (the Judge commands) Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands.

3 Behold! my covenant stands for ever good, Seal’d by the eternal sacrifice in blood, And sign’d with all their names; the Greek, the Jew, That paid the ancient worship or the new.  There’s no distinction here:  come spread their thrones, And near me seat my favorites and my sons.

4 I their almighty Saviour and their God, I am their Judge:  ye heavens, proclaim abroad My just eternal sentence, and declare Those awful truths that sinners dread to hear:  Sinners in Zion, tremble and retire; I doom the painted hypocrite to fire.

5 Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain Do I condemn thee; bulls and goats are vain Without the flames of love:  in vain the store Of brutal offerings that were mine before; Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed, Flocks, herds, and fields, and forests where they feed.

6 If I were hungry would I ask thee food?  When did I thirst, or drink thy bullocks blood?  Can I be flatter’d with thy cringing bows, Thy solemn chatterings and fantastic vows?  Are my eyes charm’d thy vestments to behold, Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold?

7 Unthinking wretch! how couldst thou hope to please A God, a spirit, with such toys as these?  While with my grace and statutes on thy tongue, Thou lov’st deceit, and dost thy brother wrong; In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends, Thieves and adulterers are thy chosen friends.

8 Silent I waited with lone-suffering love, But didst thou hope that I should ne’er reprove?  And cherish such an impious thought within, That God the righteous would indulge thy sin?  Behold my terrors now:  my thunders roll, And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul.

9 Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise; Awake, before this dreadful morning rise; Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works amend, Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend; Lest like a lion his last vengeance tear Your trembling souls, and no deliverer near.

Psalm 50:6.  To the old proper Tune. 
The last judgment.

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