THE JUDGE OF ISRAEL

Micah 5 v 1

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
Though His deeds were always righteous,
And His ways were always meek.

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
Though they were the needy people
Whom His love had come to seek.

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
Though His blessing was unbounded
And His patience was unique.

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
Since they formed, against Messiah,
A nefarious, lawless clique.

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
In contemptuous rejection
Of the words He had to speak.

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
Since there was no sin within Him
And no lust for sin to pique.

"They shall smite the Judge of Israel
With a rod upon the cheek",
Who will come in power and glory
To avenge the poor and weak.


 

GREAT PRIEST

The house of God has over it
Thyself who art Great Priest
And we approach as those made fit
To celebrate God’s feast;
We love to see Thee where Thou art
And find what gratifies God’s heart.

PRIEST

O Priest for ever by God’s oath

Thou soon shalt take Thy throne,
Counsel of peace between Thee both,
Whilst Thou shalt serve Thine own;
What glory shall be borne by Thee
As Priest and Prince at God’s decree.

HIGH PRIEST

High Priest, Thy constant sympathies

From Thine ascended place
Support as, with debilities,
We seek the throne of grace,
While we are heartened since we know
Thy sufferings when here below.

GREAT HIGH PRIEST

We give Thee praise, our Great High Priest,
Jesus the Son of God,
Help of the weakest and the least,
The poorest and most odd;
While heavens through which Thou hast passed
Acclaim the glory which Thou hast.

"THOU ART MY SON"

Before the years of testing
Amid our world of sin,
Where failure was around Thee,
Perfection was within;
Before the final trauma,
Before the fight was won,
Enamoured by Thy beauty
God said, "Thou art my Son".

SON

Thou didst come in displaying
The glory men could know;
As Man Thou wast expressing
What God is, here below;
Thy care in all Thy footsteps
Was that His will be done;
He was to Thee as Father,
Thou wast to Him as Son.

THE SON

We see the stars in heaven
And view the sea and land,
Acknowledging that all things
Were founded by Thy hand;
But Thou hast come in manhood
To be God's holy One,
And in His love and favour
He owned Thee as "the Son".