The Passion and Exaltation

Verse 1

Thus saith the Ruler of the skies: "Awake, my dreadful sword; Awake, my wrath, and smite the man, My fellow," saith the Lord.

Verse 2

Vengeance received the dread command, And armed, down she flies; Jesus submits t' his Father's hand, And bows his head and dies.

Verse 3

But O! the wisdom and the grace That join with vengeance now! He dies to save our guilty race, And yet he rises too.

Verse 4

A person so divine was he Who yielded to be slain, That he could give his soul away, And take his life again.

Verse 5

Live, glorious Lord, and reign on high, Let every nation sing; And angels sound with endless joy The Savior and the King.