Verse 1
Almighty, universal Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth art thou,
All things sprang forth t’ obey thy word,
Thy powerful word upholds them now.

Verse 2
Why then with unavailing rage
Did heathens with thy people join,
And impotently fierce engage
To execute their vain design.

Verse 3
Indignant kings stood up t’ oppose
The Lord, and his Messiah’s reign,
And earth’s confed’rate rulers rose
Against their God in council vain.

Verse 4
Surely against thy holy Son,
(Son of thy love, and sent by thee,
One with th’ anointing Spirit, one
With thy coequal majesty).

Verse 5
Herod and Pilate both combin’d
Thy sovereign purpose to fulfill;
Gentiles and Jews unconscious join’d
T’ accomplish thy eternal will.

Verse 6
And now their idle fury view,
And now behold their threatnings, Lord;
Behold thy faithful servants too,
And strengthen us to speak thy word.

Verse 7
Embolden by thine out-stretch’d arm,
Fill us with confidence divine,
With heavenly zeal our bosoms warm,
That all may own, the work is thine;

Verse 8
May see the tokens of thy hand,
Its sovereign grace, its healing power,
No more their happiness withstand,
And fight against their God no more.

Verse 9
Now let their opposition cease,
Now let them catch the quick’ning flame,
And forc’d to yield, the signs increase,
The wonders wrought by Jesu’s name.