Verse 1
Why O Thou Man of lawless Might,
Who dar’st against thy Maker fight,
Why dost thou boast thy hellish Power,
Let loose for One oppressive Hour?

Verse 2
The Goodness of the Lord remains,
And still it holds thy Rage in Chains;
The Goodness of the Lord shall last,
When Thou and all thy Vaunts are past.

Verse 3
Mischief thy Heart doth now devise,
Thy Tongue deals out the sharpest Lies,
What Innocence so firm to stand
That Razor in the Devil’s Hand?

Verse 4
Thou lovest Ill and hatest Good,
And lying is thy daily Food;
With Lies and Perjuries to bite
Is all thy Business and Delight.

Verse 5
But GOD shall vindicate my Wrong,
And Silence thy Blaspheming Tongue,
Blast all thy dire malicious Joy,
And Thee eternally destroy.

Verse 6
The Lord shall pluck thy Soul away,
Nor suffer Thee on Earth to stay,
Send to the God thou serv’dst so well
And drive thee to thy Friends in Hell!

Verse 7
The Righteous shall his Ruin see,
And tremble at the just Decree,
The Liar’s dreadfull Downfall mourn,
But laugh his vain Designs to Scorn.

Verse 8
Lo! this was He, the Man (they cry)
Who would not on our GOD rely,
But trusted in his Wealth and Power,
And dar’d the Innocent devour.

Verse 9
Who would not here from Slanders cease,
Self-harden’d in his Wickedness:
His Lies and Perjuries are o’re,
He falls alas—to rise no more.

Verse 10
But I (all Love, and Thanks, and Praise,
And Glory be to Jesu’s Grace,)
As a Green Olive Tree I grow,
And flourish in his Church below.

Verse 11
I in the Pardning GOD confide
The GOD that for his Creatures died,
I on my dear Redeemer’s Breast
Forever and forever rest.

Verse 12
Saviour, I thankfully adore,
And bless and praise Thee evermore:
Thou only Lord, the Work hast done,
Hast ransom’d me by Grace alone.

Verse 13
Thy Mercy still will I proclaim,
And trust, and triumph in thy Name;
For O! tis all the Saints Delight
Till perfect Faith is lost in Sight.