HYMN 141. (S. M.) The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ, Isaiah liii. 1–5, 10–12.
I
Who has believ'd thy word,
Or thy salvation known?
Reveal thine arm, almighty Lord,
And glorify thy Son.
II
The Jews esteem'd him here
Too mean for their belief:
Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,
And his companion, grief.
III
They turn'd their eyes away,
And treated him with scorn;
But 'twas their grief upon him lay,
Their sorrows he has borne.
IV
'Twas for the stubborn Jews,
And gentiles then unknown,
The God of justice pleas'd to bruise
His best beloved Son.
V
‘But I'll prolong his days,
‘And make his kingdom stand,
‘My pleasure, (saith the God of grace)
‘Shall prosper in his hand.
VI
‘His joyful soul shall see
‘The purchase of his pain,
‘And by his knowledge justify
‘The guilty sons of men.
VII
‘Ten thousand captive slaves
‘Releas'd from death and sin,
‘Shall quit their prisons and their graves
‘And own his power divine.
VIII
‘Heaven shall advance my Son
‘To joys that earth deny'd;
‘Who saw the follies men had done,
‘And bore their sins, and dy'd.’
