1.

Thou God, with vengeance arm'd, appear;
Thou God, with vengeance arm'd, whose fear
The Earth (for Thee her Judge she knows,)
Submissive owns, thy pow'r disclose.

2.

O instant from thy seat arise,
Each bold transgressor to chastise;
Let Justice to the Sons of pride
Thy stroke with aim unerring guide.

3.

How long shall impious Crouds, how long,
With haughtiest insult arm their tongue?
How long in bitt'rest gall each word
Infuse, and boast their conqu'ring sword?

4.

Thy Flock, great God, their fury own;
Beneath their stroke thy People groan:
And long thy heritage have borne
Their keen reproach and hostile scorn.

5.

Their hands remorseless, to the tomb
The Widow and the Stranger doom;
Nor innocence nor tend'rest age
Can shield the Orphan from their rage.

6.

" Ne'er shall our deeds in Heav'n be known,
" Or reach (they cry,) the distant Throne
" Or Israel 's Lord. " — Ye fools and blind!
Return, and seek a better mind.

7.

Say when shall Wisdom's light serene
Your Souls from error's chidhood wean?
Who knew to plant the ear, shall H E
Not hear? Who form'd the eye, not see?

8.

Shall aught of guilt his search evade,
Who bids the Nations he has made,
Inform'd by his paternal care,
The gifts of various Science share, —

9.

Who Reason in the bosom pours,
Its growth improves, its fruit matures,
Each counsel of the human brain
Weighs in his scale, and stamps it vain?

10.

O, Blest the man, for ever blest,
Whose faithful heart by thee impress'd,
Eternal Teacher, from thy Laws
The lessons of his conduct draws;

11.

Who shelter'd from the evil day
Its distant dangers shall survey,
And wait till Thou the pit prepare
For each whose crimes thy vengeance dare.

12.

Ne'er from the Children of his Love
Shall Heav'n's high Lord his care remove,
Or to the foes of Israel 's Line
His purchas'd Heritage resign:

13.

For Judgement shall its seat assume,
Triumphant; while its equal doom
Each heart to Virtue's cause a friend
With conscious transport shall attend.

14.

Say, who with Me will plight the hand,
With Me the sons of guilt withstand?
Had God his aiding pow'r withheld,
How had my soul in silence dwell'd!

15.

But when my foot with fault'ring tread
Suggested to my thought a dread,
Thy Love, its speediest care applied,
Forbade my dubious steps to slide.

16.

While deepest woe my bosom tries,
And thoughts with thoughts conflicting rise,
Thy comforts, Lord, my soul sustain,
And calm my fears, and sooth my pain.

17.

Shall proud Oppression's lawless Chair
In thy Alliance find a share,
Whose Mandates to the impious Tribe
Their tasks of cruelty prescribe?

18.

See willing Myriads, at its word
Assembled, grasp the hostile sword,
In guiltless blood their thirst allay,
And mark the Righteous for their prey.

19.

But God, my refuge and my shield,
Firm on himself my trust shall build;
To him, my soul, for help repair,
Who makes the faithful heart his care.

20.

That Lord, whom Israel 's Sons adore,
Their sin shall in their lap restore,
Their steps with certain vengeance trace,
And root from earth th' offending Race.