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LORD, WHEN THY HAND IS LIFTED UP

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 (🔊 ).

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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.