Religion
Isaiah 2:19: When the just God, the Lord most high
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
When the just God, the Lord most high.
Rises to shake both earth and sky.
How shall the world His anger shun,
Or whither for protection run!
In vain to screen you from His eye,
Ye to the rocks and mountains cry;
The rocks are melted by His fire,
The mountains touch'd in smoke expire.
But while the Judge a moment stays,
That moment snatch to sue for grace:
And lo! to save you from your fear,
The everlasting Rock is near!
Enter, ye guilty slaves of sin,
The Rock is rent to take you in,
There, there your trembling spirits hide,
And safety find in Jesu's side!
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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 2:19: When the just God, the Lord most high.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3390/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 2:19: When the just God, the Lord most high.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3390/.
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