A paraphrase on the Book of Job As likewise on the Songs of Moses, Deborah, David: On Four Select Psalms: Some Chapters of Isaiah, and the Third Chapter of Habakkuk. By Sir Richard Blackmore |
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My Servant shall acquire divine Renown,
And regal Honours shall his Temples crown.
Kings at his Feet their Diadems shall lay,
And all the willing World his Empire shall obey.
His Godlike Government and righteous Laws
From Men and Angels shall receive applause.
He shall his own and Subjects Rights maintain,
Protect his Friends, Oppressors rage restrain,
And everlasting Peace shall bless his glorious Reign.
As Men at his Affliction were amaz'd
And on his wondrous Woe with Horror gaz'd,
(Whose Face was so deform'd, his Flesh so worn
With all the Toyl and Torments he had born,
No Eye e'er saw, no Tongue can e'er express
Such perfect Grief such infinite distress.)
So shall he be exalted and his height,
Shall bear proportion to his humble state.
And regal Honours shall his Temples crown.
Kings at his Feet their Diadems shall lay,
And all the willing World his Empire shall obey.
His Godlike Government and righteous Laws
From Men and Angels shall receive applause.
He shall his own and Subjects Rights maintain,
Protect his Friends, Oppressors rage restrain,
And everlasting Peace shall bless his glorious Reign.
As Men at his Affliction were amaz'd
And on his wondrous Woe with Horror gaz'd,
(Whose Face was so deform'd, his Flesh so worn
With all the Toyl and Torments he had born,
No Eye e'er saw, no Tongue can e'er express
Such perfect Grief such infinite distress.)
So shall he be exalted and his height,
Shall bear proportion to his humble state.
| A paraphrase on the Book of Job | |