Isaiah 58 - Scottish Metrical Paraphrases 1781(MP1781)

SONG 288,6,8,6tune: St. Bernard, 96.Isaiah 58:5-9

5 Attend, and mark the solemn fast

which to the Lord is dear;

Disdain the false unhallow’d mask

which vain dissemblers wear.

2 Do I delight in sorrow’s dress?

saith he who reigns above;

The hanging head and rueful look,

will they attract my love?

6 Let such as feel oppression’s load

thy tender pity share:

And let the helpless, homeless poor,

be thy peculiar care.

7 Go, bid the hungry orphan be

with thy abundance blest;

Invite the wand’rer to thy gate,

and spread the couch of rest.

5 Let him who pines with piercing cold

by thee be warm’d and clad;

Be thine the blissful task to make

the downcast mourner glad.

8-9 Then, bright as morning, shall come forth,

in peace and joy, thy days;

And glory from the Lord above

shall shine on all thy ways.