Psalms ‎#69e

69e. Christ's Sufferings and Zeal

1 'Twas for thy sake eternal God,
Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load
Of base reproach and sore disgrace,
While shame defil'd his sacred face.

2 The Jews his brethren and his kin,
Abus'd the man that check'd their sin;
While he fulfill'd thy holy laws,
They hate him, but without a cause.

3 ["My Father's house," said he, "was made
"A place for worship, not for trade."
Then scatt'ring all their gold and brass,
He scourg'd the merchants from the place.]

4 [Zeal for the temple of his God
Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood;
Reproaches at thy glory thrown,
He felt, and mourn'd them as his own.]

5 [His friends forsook, his follow'rs fled,
While foes and arms surround his head;
They curse him with a sland'rous tongue,
And the false judge maintains the wrong.]

6 His life they load with hateful lies,
And charge his lips with blasphemies:
They nail him to the shameful tree;
There hung the man that dy'd for me.

7 But God beheld, and from his throne
Marks out the men that hate his Son;
The hand that rais'd him from the dead,
Shall pour the veng'ance on their head.

Text Information

• First Line: 'Twas for our sake, eternal God
• Title: Christ's Sufferings and Zeal
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  Psalm 69:7-36

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