David Rejoiced in God his Strength
Da-vid re-joiced in God his strength,
Raised to the throne by spe-cial grace;
But Christ, the Son, ap-pears at length,
Ful-fills the tri-umph and the praise.
How great is the Mes-si-ah's joy
In the sal-va-tion of Thy hand!
Lord, Thou hast raised His king-dom high,
And given the world to His com-mand.
Thy good-ness grants what-ever He will,
Nor doth the least re-quest with-hold;
Bles-sings of love sur-round Him still,
And crowns of glo-ry, not of gold.
Hon-our and maj-es-ty div-ine
A-round His sa-cred tem-ples shine;
Blest with the fa-vour of Thy face,
And length of ev-er-last-ing days.
Thine hand shall find out all His foes;
And as a fi-ery ov-en glows,
With ra-ging heat and liv-ing coals,
So shall Thy wrath de-vour their souls.