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SEE what a living Stone

PSALM CXVIII. v. 22-27. Short Met.
An Hosanna for the Lord's-day; or, A new Song of Salvation by Christ.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
SEE what a living Stone
The Builders did refuse;
Yet God hath build his Church thereon
In Spight [sic] of envious Jews.
Stafford 78, Stanza 1
2
The Scribe and angry Priest
Reject thine only Son;
Yet on this Rock shall Zion rest,
As the chief Corner-stone.

3
The Work, O Lord, is Thine,
And wondrous in our Eyes;
This Day declares it all Divine,
This Day did Jesus rise.

4
This is the glorious Day
That our Redeemer made;
Let us rejoice and sing, and pray,
Let all the Church be glad.

5
Hosanna to the King
Of David's royal Blood;
Bless him, ye Saints; He comes to bring
Salvation from your God.

6
We bless thine holy Word
Which all this Grace displays;
And offer on thine Alter, Lord,
Our Sacrifice of Praise.

St. 6. The 27th v. must be explain'd Evangelically; the
Gospel is our Light, our Alter is Christ, and our Sacrifices
are Prayer and Praise. Heb. 13. 10, 15.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. London: Printed for J. Clark, R. Ford, and R. Cruttenden, 1719