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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