Zion, be glad, rejoice and sing

Verse 1
Zion, be glad, rejoice, and sing,
And shout th’ anticipated joy,
The Lord shall bruise thy foe, thy King
Shall cast him out and say “Destroy”;
Shall all thy plagues and sins remove;
And when he reigns alone in thee,
High on his throne of perfect love,
Evil thou never more shalt see.

Verse 2
Thy hands shall never more hang down,
Jehovah bids thy fears depart;
Jehovah is thy shield and sun,
Fixt in the center of thy heart:
Diffusing thence his heat and light
He bids thee all his nature prove,
And comprehend the depth and height,
And length and breadth of Jesu’s love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Sing, O daughter of Zion ... the Lord hath cast out thine enemy, &c.”—[Zeph.] iii. 14, 15. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 107.
Publishing: Public Domain