When the song of the ruthless is stilled

The peoples of power and strength shall rejoice

To see your salvation fulfilled; 

Your praise shall go up and your glory resound

When the song of the ruthless is stilled.

We shall praise and rejoice when the song of the ruthless is stilled.

Yet those who oppose you shall tremble with fear

To find their designs unfulfilled; 

Their fire shall be doused and their noise shall be hushed,

When the song of the ruthless is stilled.

We shall praise and rejoice when the song of the ruthless is stilled.

 

For you are a refuge and shelter secure;

This you have desired and have willed.

The ones in distress shall be sheltered and saved

When the song of the ruthless is stilled.

We shall praise and rejoice when the song of the ruthless is stilled.

 

So how shall we live as we wait for the time

When God’s true design is revealed?

How then shall we struggle and strive for that day

When the song of the ruthless is stilled?

We shall praise and rejoice when the song of the ruthless is stilled.

 

 

Text: Charles Spence Freeman, January 2021 (after Isaiah 25:3-5)

Music: Tune VILLE DU HAVRE, Philip P. Bliss, 1876