Hail, Sovereign Love (EN 1708)

EN 1708 Hail, Sovereign Love

Ps.119.114

Versi Version 1

1

Hail, sovereign love that first began,

The scheme to rescue fallen man;

Hail matchless free eternal grace,

That gave my soul a hiding place.

2

Against the God who rules the sky,

I fought with hand uplifted high,

Despised the mention of His grace,

Too proud to seek a hiding place.

3

Enwrapped in thick Egyptian night,

And fond of darkness more than light,

Madly I ran the sinful race,

Secure without a hiding place.

4

But thus th’ eternal counsel ran,

“Almighty Love, arrest that man!”

I felt the arrows of distress,

And found I had no hiding place.

5

Indignant justice stood in view,

To Sinai’s fiery mount I flew,

But Justice cried with frowning face,

“This mountain is no hiding place!”

6

Ere long a heavenly voice I heard,

And Mercy’s angel form appeared.

Who led me on with gentle pace,

To Jesus Christ, my hiding place.

7

On Him Almighty vengeance fell,

That must have sunk a world to hell;

He bore it for a chosen race,

And thus became their hiding place.

8

Should storms of sevenfold vengeance roll,

And shake this earth from pole to pole;

No flaming bolt could daunt my face,

For Jesus is my hiding place.

9

A few more rolling suns at most,

Shall land me safe on Heaven’s coast.

There I shall sing the song of grace,

To Jesus Christ, my hiding place!

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