Help, Lord, for Men of Virtue Fail (EN 5686)

EN 5686 Help, Lord, for Men of Virtue Fail

2Pet.3.3

Versi Version 1

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Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail,

Religion loses ground,

The sons of violence prevail,

And treacheries abound.

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Their oaths and promises they break,

Yet act the flatterer’s part;

With fair, deceitful lips they speak,

And with a double heart.

3

If we reprove some hateful lie,

How is their fury stirred!

“Are not our lips our own?” they cry;

“And who shall be our Lord?”

4

Scoffers appear on every side,

Where a vile race of men

Is raised to seats of power and pride,

And bears the sword in vain.

5

Lord, when iniquities abound,

And blasphemy grows bold,;

When faith is hardly to be found,

And love is waxing cold;

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Is not Thy chariot hastening on?

Hast Thou not giv’n this sign?

May we not trust and live upon

A promise so divine?

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“Yes,” saith the Lord, “now will I rise,

And make oppressors flee;

I shall appear to their surprise,

And set My servants free.”

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Thy Word, like silver sev’n times tried,

Through ages shall endure;

The men that in Thy truth confide

Shall find the promise sure.

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