"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed" (Psalm 2:1,2). "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand" (Proverbs 19:21). "O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee" (John 17:25).
Imaginations
rage in vain
Against
the Lord and His Anointed!
Shall
not we deem God's foes insane
Whose
self-demise is thus appointed?
How
foolishly do hearts devise
A
strategy so vainly planned
Against
the Lord, who is all-wise,
Whose
counsel in the end shall stand!
Why
is it, then, that the nations rage,
Imagining
such foolish things?
What
causes blindness in our age
Which
yet ignores the King of kings?
The
Lord can surely see the cause
That
people will not see things right,
For
those who hate His moral laws
Will
love the darkness more than light.
Our
God is righteous; we are not,
Yet
even so our Lord was sent
To
bring us pardon which He bought
And
freely gives when we repent.
Immortal
God, our Lord and Savior,
Your
call to all humanity
Extends
to all Your saving favor
Who
turn to You from vanity.
We
take the Gospel of salvation,
O
Lord, to those who yet will hear it,
Who
turn from vain imagination,
Obeying
Your immortal Spirit.
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