English poem
The holy City purified and guarded. Isaiah lii. 1, 2
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Triumphant Zion, lift thy Head From Dust and Darkness and the Dead; Tho' humbled long, awake at length, And gird thee with thy Saviour's Strength.
Put all thy beauteous Garments on, And let thy various Charms be known; The World thy Glories shall confess, Deck'd in the Robes of Righteousness.
No more shall Foes unclean invade, And fill thy hallow'd Walls with Dread; No more shall Hell's insulting Host Their Vict'ry, and thy Sorrows boast.
GOD from on high thy Groans will hear; His Hand thy Ruins shall repair; Rear'd and adorn'd by Love divine, Thy Tow'rs and Battlements shall shine.
Grace shall dispose my Heart and Voice To share, and eccho back her Joys; Nor will her watchful Monarch cease To guard her in eternal Peace.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The Happiness of GOD'S Israel. Deut, xxxiii. 29
- The Heart purified to Love unfeigned by the Spirit. 1 Peter i. 22
- The heavenly Inheritance made known by the Spirit. Eph. i. 18
- The High-Way to Zion. Isaiah xxxv. 8, 9, 10
- The holy Soul returning to its Restin a grateful Sense of divine Bounties. Psa. cxvi. 7
- The House and Feast of Wisdom. Prov. ix. 1,-6
- The Humiliation and Exaltation of GOD'S Israel. Isaiah xli. 14, 15
- The Humility and Submission of a Penitent. Ezek. xvi. 63