Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord Send Peace. - Judges vi.24.
By William Cowper
Jesus, whose blood so freely streamd,
To satisfy the laws demand;
By thee from guilt and wrath redeemd,
Before the Fathers face I stand.
To reconcile offending man,
Make Justice drop her angry rod;
What creature could have formd the plan,
Or who fulfil it but a God?
No drop remains of all the curse,
For wretches who deserved the whole;
No arrows dipt in wrath to pierce
The guilty but returning soul.
Peace by such means so dearly bought,
What rebel could have hoped to see?
Peace, by his injured Sovereign wrought,
His Sovereign fastend to a tree.
Now, Lord, thy feeble worm prepare!
For strife with earth and hell begins;
Confirm and guard me for the war,
They hate the soul that hates his sins.
Let them in horrid league agree!
They may assault, they may distress;
But cannot quench thy love to me,
Nor rob me of the Lord, my peace.