Foretold by the converted seer

Verse 1
Foretold by the converted seer
The Star is out of Jacob come,
The King from Israel did appear,
His church’s foes receiv’d their doom,
And Christ our manifested God,
Hath Satan with his works destroy’d.

Verse 2
Yet come thou radiant Morning Star,
Again in human darkness shine,
Arise, resplendent from afar,
Assert thy royalty divine,
Thy sway o’er all the earth maintain,
And now begin thy glorious reign.

Verse 3
Smite down the strength of Moab’s pride,
The sons of Sheth their walls o’erthrow,
(Whate’er the world and church divide)
That every soul its Lord may know,
Thee, Jesus, King of kings adore,
Till time and death shall be no more.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy (Heb., unwall) all the children of Sheth.”—[Num.] xxiv. 17. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 84.
Publishing: Public Domain