The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7352

7352. Wherefore Do the Nations Rage?

1. Wherefore do the nations rage,
And the people vainly dream,
That in triumph they can wage
War against the Lord supreme?
His anointed they deride,
And the rulers plotting say:
Their dominion be defied,
Let us cast their bonds away.

2. But the Lord will scorn them all,
Calm He sits enthroned on high;
Soon His wrath will on them fall,
Angered then He will reply:
Yet according to My will
I have set My king to reign,
And on Zion’s holy hill
Mine anointed I maintain.

3. This the word declared to me,
This Jehovah’s firm decree:
Thou art my belovèd Son,
Yea, I have begotten Thee.
Ask and have Thy full demands,
Thine shall all the heathen be,
Thine the utmost of the lands,
They shall be possessed of Thee.

4. Dash them like a potter’s urn,
Thou shalt break them with a rod.
Therefore, kings and judges, learn
Anxiously to serve your God.
Kiss the Son and worship Him,
Lest ye perish in the way;
Blest are all who trust in Him,
Yea, supremely blest are they.

Text Information

• First Line: Wherefore do the nations rage
• Title: Wherefore Do the Nations Rage?
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Language: English
• Source: Paraphrase of Psalm 2
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: MONSEY CHAPEL, Dick L. Van Hal­se­ma, 1952 (passed in­to the pub­lic do­main cir­ca 1980)

Tune Information

• Name: MESSIAH
• Composer: Louis J. F. Hérold (1830)
• Arranger: George Kings­ley (1838)
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Incipit: 32114 32566 53123
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain