Salvation Belongs to our God

Doomed is the man of dust;

For there is no fear of God before his eyes.

He is blind and beholds not the beauty of the Lord of glory.

Complacency is the jewel of his heart, 

For he casts knowledge out of his sight.

He neither understands the fleetingness of life,

Nor sees the judgments of the Lord of hosts. 

He considers not the holiness of the Great I AM,

But says to himself, “It is well with my soul”.

Would that he were able to perceive his filthiness

By gazing at the infinite perfection of the Holy One!

He would bury his face in shame.

Would that he could see the judgments of the Righteous One,

And understand the destructiveness of his sin!

He would run to the foot of the cross –

Where love and mercy meet, 

And cry out to the Prince of Peace:

“O Lamb of God, cleanse me with Your precious blood 

And clothe me with Your pure vestments,

That I may be blameless before Your Majesty”!

Would that he knew that the day is coming,

When the dead will hear the voice of the Author of life

And come out of their tombs –

The righteous to the resurrection of life,

but the wicked to the resurrection of judgment!

He would say, “Teach me to number my days, O Ancient of Days –

You who inhabit eternity.

Instruct me in Your ways, that I may live, O Judge of all the earth".

Pride is the jewel of his neck;

Rebellion is the delight of his heart.

Though destruction lurks at his bones,

He thinks it is well with his soul;

For the corruption of his heart keeps him blind.

So callous and haughty is his heart.

Death has a hold on him.

For he heeds not the Word of God,

But suppresses the Truth by his unrighteousness

And rejects the Light of men.

He is hostile in mind,

And treasures not that which is of the Spirit. 

Would that he were able to understand

That ruin is his portion forever!

Like a parched land,

Whose vitality is stolen by fire,

So is his soul. 

For he walks according to the flesh

And heeds not the counsel of the Holy One.

Salvation belongs to our God!

For from Him comes deliverance.

He opens the eyes of the blind,

And gives knowledge and understanding.

The Lord has delivered my soul from death.

In You, O God of all grace, there is hope and life.

Blessed be Your name forever!