Paraphrases Of Revelation - Church Of Scotland

Translations And Paraphrases

In Verse

Of Several Passages Of
Sacred Scripture

64. Revelation 1:5-9.

1.     To him that lov'd the souls of men,
            and wash'd us in his blood,
        To royal honours rais'd our head,
            and made us priests to God;

2.     To him let ev'ry tongue be praise,
            and ev'ry heart be love!
        All grateful honours paid on earth,
            and nobler songs above!

3.     Behold, on flying clouds he comes!
            his saints shall bless the day;
        While they that pierc'd him sadly mourn
            in anguish and dismay.

4.     I am the First, and I the Last;
            times centres all in me;
        Th' Almighty God, who was, and is,
            and evermore shall be.

65. Revelation 5:6, to the end.

1.      Behold the glories of the Lamb
            amidst his Father's throne;
         Prepare new honours for his name,
            and songs before unknown.

2.      Lo! elders worship at his feet;
            the church adores around,
         With vials full of odours rich,
            and harps of sweetest sound.

3.      These odours are the pray'rs of saints,
            these sounds the hymns they raise;
         God bends his ear to their requests,
            he loves to hear their praise.

4.      Who shall the Father's record search,
            and hidden things reveal?
         Behold the Son that record takes,
            and opens ev'ry seal!

5.      Hark how th' adoring hosts above
            with songs surround the throne!
         Ten thousand thousand are their tongues;
            but all their hearts are one.

6.      Worthy the Lamb that dy'd, they cry,
            to be exalted thus;
         Worthy the Lamb, let us reply,
            for he was slain for us.

7.      To him be pow'r divine ascrib'd,
            and endless blessings paid;
         Salvation, glory, jo, remain
            for ever on his head!

8.      Thou hast redeem'd us with thy blood,
            and set the pris'ners free;
         Thou mad'st us kings and priests to God,
            and we shall reign with thee.

9.      From ev'ry kindred, ev'ry tongue,
            thou brought'st thy chosen race;
         And distant lands and isles have shar'd
            the riches of thy grace.

10.    Let all that dwell above the sky,
            or on the earth below,
         With fields, and floods, and ocean's shores,
            to the their homage show.

11.    To Him who sits upon the throne,
            the God whom we adore,
         And to the Lamb that once was slain,
            be glory evermore.

66. Revelation 7:13, to the end.

1.     How bright these glorious spirits shine!
            whence all their white array?
        How came they to all the blissful seats
            of everlasting day?

2.     Lo! these are they from suff'rings great,
            who came to realms of light,
        And in the blood of Christ have wash'd
            those robes which shine so bright.

3.     Now, with triumphal palms, they stand
            before the throne on high,
        And serve the God they love amidst
            the glory of the sky.

4.     His presence fills each heart with joy,
            tunes ev'ry mouth to sing:
        By day, by night, the sacred courts
            with glad hosannahs ring.

5.     Hunger and thirst are felt no more,
            nor suns with scorching ray;
        God is their sun, whose cheering beams
            diffuse eternal day.

6.     The Lamb whic dwells amidst the throne
            shall o'er them still preside;
        Feed them with nourishment divine,
            and all their footsteps guide.

7.     'Mong pastures green he'll lead his flock,
            where living streams appear;
        And God the Lord from ev'ry eye
            shall wipe off ev'ry tear.

67. Revelation 21:1-9

1.    Lo! what a glorious sight appears
           to our admiring eyes!
       The former seas have pass’d away,
           the former earth and skies.

2.     From heav’n the New Jerus’lem comes,
            all worthy of its Lord;
        See all things now at last renew’d,
            and paradise restor’d!

3.     Attending angels shout for joy,
            and the bright armies sing;
        Mortals! behold the sacred seat
            of your descending King!

4.     The God of glory down to men
            removes his bless’d abode;
        He dwells with men; his people they,
            and he his people’s God.

5.     His gracious hand shall wipe the tears
            from ev’ry weeping eye:
        And pains and groans, and griefs and fears,
            and death itself, shall die.

6.     Behold, I change all human things!
            saith he, whose words are true;
        Lo! what was old is pass’d away,
            and all things are made new!

7.     I am the First, and I the Last,
            through endless years the same;
        I AM, is my memorial still,
            and my eternal name.

8.     Ho, ye that thirst! to you my grace
            shall hidden streams disclose,
        And open full the sacred spring,
            whence life for ever flows.

9.     Bless’d is the man that overcomes;
            I’ll own him for a son;
        A rich inheritance rewards,
            the conquests he hath won.

10.   But bloody hands and hearts unclean,
            and all the lying race,
        The faithless, and the scoffing crew,
            who spurn at offer'd grace;

11.    They seiz'd by justice, shall be doom'd
            in dark abyss to lie,
         And in the fiery burning lake
            the second death shall die.

12.    O may we stand before the Lamb,
             when earth and seas are fled,
         And hear the Judge pronounce our name,
            with blessings on our head!

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