The Lands That Long in Darkness Lay
Isaac Watts • English
Primary Scripture: Psalm 6
Verse 1
The Lands that long in Darkness lay Now have beheld a heav'nly light; Nations that sat in Death's cold shade, Are bless'd with beams divinely bright.
Verse 2
The Virgin's promised Son is born, Behold th'expected Child appears; What shall his names or titles be? The Wonderful, the Counsellor.
Verse 3
The Infant is the Mighty God Come to be suckled and ador'd; Th'eternal Father, Prince of Peace, The son of David, and his Lord.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- psalms 6
Reference 2
- isaiah 9:2
Reference 3
- isaiah 9:6-7
Reference 4
- isaiah 43:5-6
Reference 5
- luke 14:17
Reference 6
- luke 14:22-23