Verse 1
The world unknowingly fulfil
The scriptures they deny,
Careless they hear, and read them still
With uninlighten’d eye:
They see the Way from which they err,
Nor yet the Truth perceive,
Nor will the inward Prophet hear,
Nor will in Christ believe.

Verse 2
Their gross, unfeeling hearts oppose,
And with their Saviour fight,
Their ears against his words they close,
Their eyes against his light;
By no decree of his compel’d
They spurn th’ incarnate God,
Refuse to let their souls be heal’d
By their Redeemer’s blood.

Verse 3
They might perceive that Christ is He,
And know the Shepherd’s voice,
They might thro’ faith converted be,
And in his love rejoice:
But if they still their God defy,
Till mercy’s day is past,
Unheal’d, unsav’d they justly die,
Die in their sins at last.