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COME AND BEHOLD THE WORKS OF GOD

Scripture Verse

The mountains shall be molten under Him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. Micah 1:4

Introduction

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James Montgomery
(1771–1854)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: James Mont­go­me­ry, Songs of Zi­on (Lon­don: Long­man, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822), pag­es 41–42 .

Music: Tall­is’ La­men­ta­tion, me­lo­dy from Day’s Psal­ter, 1562 (🔊 ).

Lyrics

Come and be­hold the works of God,
What de­so­la­tions He will make;
In ven­geance, when He wields His rod,
The hea­then rage, their king­doms quake:
He ut­ters forth His voice—’tis felt—
Like wax the world’s foun­da­tions melt;
The Lord of hosts is in the field,
The God of Ja­cob is our shield.

Again He mak­eth wars to cease,
He breaks the bow, un­points the spear,
And burns the cha­ri­ot—joy and peace
In all His glo­ri­ous march ap­pear:
Silence, O earth! thy mak­er own;
Ye Gen­tiles, He is God alone;
The Lord of hosts is in the field,
The God of Ja­cob is our shield.