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SECOND PSALM.
Why do the heathen rage?
And people think vain things?
Rulers of earth take counsel sage;
'Gainst God and Christ are kings.
And people think vain things?
Rulers of earth take counsel sage;
'Gainst God and Christ are kings.
Let us asunder break,
Their bands, we hear them say.
Come, let us with accord awake,
And cast their cords away.
Their bands, we hear them say.
Come, let us with accord awake,
And cast their cords away.
The King of earth and Heaven,
Shall laugh them all to scorn;
And pleasant blessings He has given,
Make bitter as a thorn.
Shall laugh them all to scorn;
And pleasant blessings He has given,
Make bitter as a thorn.
Then shall He speak in wrath,
And vex with trials sore,
Those who have turned from wisdom's path,
And loved sin more and more.
And vex with trials sore,
Those who have turned from wisdom's path,
And loved sin more and more.
Yet have I set my King
Upon my holy hill
Of Zion; ye His praise shall sing,
And do His righteous will.
Upon my holy hill
Of Zion; ye His praise shall sing,
And do His righteous will.
I the decree declare,
The Lord said unto me;
Thou art my Son, none can compare,
I have begotten thee.
The Lord said unto me;
Thou art my Son, none can compare,
I have begotten thee.
Ask me, and I shall give
The heathen unto thee,—
For thine inheritance receive
The boundless earth and sea.
The heathen unto thee,—
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The boundless earth and sea.
Thou in thy power shall break
Them with an iron rod,—
Dash them in pieces, 'till they wake
To serve creation's God.
Them with an iron rod,—
Dash them in pieces, 'till they wake
To serve creation's God.
Now, therefore, kings be wise;
Ye judges of the earth,
Be thou instructed—seek the prize—
His wisdom and His worth.
Ye judges of the earth,
Be thou instructed—seek the prize—
His wisdom and His worth.
Serve ye the Lord with fear,
With trembling love rejoice.
Kiss thou the Son for He is near;
Oh! hearken to His voice.
With trembling love rejoice.
Kiss thou the Son for He is near;
Oh! hearken to His voice.
Lest He in anger turn,—
Ye perish from the way;
For all who trust in Him, and learn
His truth,—more blest are they.
Ye perish from the way;
For all who trust in Him, and learn
His truth,—more blest are they.
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