O Jerusalem, the City

 

A hymn for Trinity 10

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Tune: Freu Dich Sehr (LSB 347)

 

1 O Jerusalem, the city,

You who stone the ones God sends,

Hear Your God now full of pity,

Him on whom your rest depends,

When He sees your walls so proud,

Weeping, Jesus cries aloud,

“Your own unbelief has covered

All the peace I freely offered.”

 

2 Now’s the day of our salvation,

Now the Gospel’s peace is heard;

By His grace God calls creation

To believe His holy Word;

Woe to those who in their pride

Cast this precious gift aside!

Those who trust in their own merit

Will the curse of hell inherit. 

 

3 God displays His mighty power

In His mercy and His love;

But there comes for earth an hour

When His wrath from heav’n above

Shall against all unbelief

Turn all laughter into grief;

Every dark abomination

Shall receive its condemnation. 

 

4 Jesus, You who come to gather,

As a hen beneath her wing,

All poor sinners to the Father,

To Your guilty creature bring

True repentance for my guilt,

Faith that claims the blood You spilt,

Hope for grace You’ll be revealing

When the trumpet’s blast is pealing. 

 

5 Let me not by willful sinning

Claim the judgment I have won,

But let faith find its beginning

And its end in You alone;

Nothing claim I but Your voice

That declares to me Your choice

To redeem me from damnation,

To bestow Your free salvation. 

            8/18/15