Scripture Verse

Lord, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them. Isaiah 26:11

Introduction

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 88: Is­rael’s ob­sti­na­cy un­der God’s lift­ed hand.

Music: Mis­sion­ary Chant Hein­rich C. Zeu­ner, 1832 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Zeu­ner (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Lord, when Thy hand is lift­ed up,
The wick­ed will not see:
But they shall see with glow­ing shame,
Though they ob­dur­ate be.

How few the weigh­ty stroke re­gard,
And seek their mak­er’s face!
In vain may Pro­vi­dence cor­rect,
If not en­forced by grace.

Exert Thy migh­ty in­flu­ence, Lord,
And melt the sto­ny breast;
Then shall Thy jus­tice be ad­ored,
Thy mer­cy stand con­fessed.

The scorn­er then shall mourn in dust,
And put his sins away,
No more re­sist his mak­er’s hands,
But lift his own to pray.