I reioyced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord. (Psalme 122:1 Geneva Bible)

A Song of Praise for the Patience of God
by John Mason

lmighty God, how hast Thou borne
Wrongs not to be expressed—
Daring rebellion, injured love,
Light quenched in my breast?
Man would be God, and down he fell
Yet he lifts up his bruised bones
Against his maker still.

Lord, what a monster is base man,
Thus given to rebel!
Oh, that Thou dost not cleave the earth,
And send him quick to hell!
His sins for wages loudly cry;
Justice, with dreadful sound,
Cries too, cut down this fruitless tree,
Why cumbers it the ground?

But God waves His advantages
Of right and vengeance too;
And by His single patience
Doth daring man outdo.
The creature doth disdain his God,
By whom he is maintained;
Yet God maintains this rebel worm
By whom He is disdained.

Fool, ask not where the Almighty is;
All glory to Him give;
Is not His power most fully proved
In suffering thee to live?
Were He not God, He could not bear
Such weights as on Him lie;
Weak things are quickly set on fire,
And to their weapons fly.

Why should not patience make me sing,
When hell would make me roar?
Lord, let Thy patience end in love,
I'll sing forevermore.

—from Worthy Is the Lamb (Soli Deo Gloria, 2004).

Psalme 127 (Geneva Bible)
A song of degrees, or Psalme of Salomon.

1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vaine that build it: except the Lord keepe the citie, the keeper watcheth in vaine.
2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.
3 Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.
4 As are the arrowes in the hand of ye strong man: so are the children of youth.
5 Blessed is the man, that hath his quiuer full of them: for they shall not be ashamed, when they speake with their enemies in the gate.

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Grace be with you, and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.