1In vision to His saints God spake:
From out the people one I take,
A mighty leader, true and brave,
Ordained, exalted, strong to save,
Ordained, exalted, strong to save.

2My chosen servant I appoint,
With holy oil his head anoint;
My hand with him shall still remain,
My arm his strength shall well sustain,
My arm his strength shall well sustain.

3No enemy shall him affright,
His adversaries I will smite,
My faithfulness to him will prove,
And nevermore My grace remove,
And nevermore My grace remove.

4Yea, he shall triumph in My Name,
And great shall be his power and fame,
From sea to sea his mighty hand
Shall hold dominion o’er the land,
Shall hold dominion o’er the land.

5Thou art my Father, he shall cry,
My God, my rock of refuge high;
My firstborn son shall he be owned,
Above the kings of earth enthroned,
Above the kings of earth enthroned.

6For him My mercy shall endure,
My covenant made with him is sure,
His throne and race I will maintain
Forever, while the heavens remain,
Forever, while the heavens remain.

7Should sons of his My laws forsake,
My just commands and statutes break,
Then, though My rod their sins reprove,
My mercy I will not remove,
My mercy I will not remove.

8Though they be chastened sore and tried,
My faithfulness shall yet abide;
My plighted word I will not break,
Nor change the promise that I spake,
Nor change the promise that I spake.

9My oath is steadfast, ever sure,
My servant’s race shall still endure;
His throne forever firm shall stay
When sun and moon have passed away,
When sun and moon have passed away.

10On Thy anointed wrath is poured
As if Thy covenant were abhorred;
Thou hast profaned is kingly crown,
His matchless strength is broken down,
His matchless strength is broken down.

11He is reproached and spoiled of all,
His enemies upon him fall;
His beauty is consumed away,
Forgotten is his kingly sway,
Forgotten is his kingly sway.

12Cut off in youth, his sacred name
Is covered now with deepest shame;
How long, O Lord, shall wrath abide?
Thy face forever wilt Thou hide?
Thy face forever wilt Thou hide?

13Think on my life; O lord, take thought;
Hast Thou created man for nought?
What man that lives has power to save
His soul from death, and from the grave?
His soul from death, and from the grave?

14Where are Thy mercies which of old
Were in Thy promises foretold?
Remember, Lord, the bitter shame
Heaped on Thy own anointed’s name,
Heaped on Thy own anointed’s name.

15Blest be the Lord for evermore,
Whose promise stands from days of yore.
His word is faithful now as then;
Blest be His Name. Amen, Amen,
Blest be His Name. Amen, Amen.