Verse 1
Awake, Jerusalem, awake,
Thou that hast drunk the trembling cup,
The slumber from thy spirits shake,
Beneath thy mighty woes stand up.
Verse 2
Thou that hast drunk the deadly wine
Of pain, astonishment, and fear,
The last sad dregs of wrath divine;
Awake, and see thy Saviour near.
Verse 3
Of all her sons whom she brought forth,
Of all her sons whom Sion bred,
Not one can help her by his worth,
Not one can his weak mother lead.
Verse 4
Not one attempts with pious care
To guide her in the paths of peace:
Ah! Who shall Sion’s burthen bear,
Ah! Who shall bid thy sufferings cease.
Verse 5
Famine, and sword, have laid thee waste;
Sin, the destroying angel’s sword
Throughout thy des’late land hath past,
Join’d with a famine of the word.
Verse 6
By whom shall I thy sorrows chear?
As a wild bull thy sons lie bound,
And struggling in the hunter’s snare,
And bellowing thro’ their spirit’s wound.
Verse 7
Fainting in all the streets they lie,
O’erwhelm’d beneath their guilty load,
Rebuk’d by him they dar’d defy,
Full of the fury of thy God.
Verse 8
Wherefore to thee the Lord hath said,
(Opprest and drunk with wrath divine)
The Lord thy God, who deigns to plead
His people’s desp’rate cause, and thine;
Verse 9
Lo! I thy soul have freely lov’d,
I have display’d my mercy’s power,
The cup out of thy hands remov’d,
And thou shalt never taste it more.
Verse 10
Mine indignation’s dreadful cup
The portion of thy foes shall be,
They, they shall all the dregs drink up:
The cup of blessing is for thee.
Verse 11
Thee, Sion, thee: so long compell’d
To stoop at the oppressor’s frown,
Enslav’d by man, and forc’d to yield,
When sin, or Satan cried, Bow down.
Verse 12
Poor vassal! To rebel afraid,
Thy baseness bow’d to every lust,
As clay thou hast thy body laid,
And mix’d thy spirit with the dust.
Verse 13
But I, the righteous Lord, on all
That tread thee down will vengeance take,
My fury on thy sin shall fall,
Mine arm an end of sin shall make.
Verse 14
Its being with its power destroy,
The inward stumbling-block remove,
And fill thee with unfading joy,
And crown thee with eternal love.