God’s Family Hymnal 13:27

【How the Father Felt When He Swore the Oath】

When You appointed Your Son as High Priest,

You foresaw the scene Your oath would bring —

Your Son, Being whipped, nailed and hung on high;

He’d taste death much crueler than hell!

Then You heard His cry that’d finally came,

Word’s that’d pierce through Your already broken heart:

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

These words devastated Your heart!

Such a sight, such emotions when You swore,

Yet You never wavered nor did You hesitate.

Scenes flashed past, one by one, stunning Your heart;

Yet Your fervour blazed ever strong!

O the zeal of Yahweh will, this, perform!

Even when passing through depthless agony!

You will never relent nor will You delay;

And the oath You’ve made shows Your

Determined heart!

【Psalm 22:22-31】

22 I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

24 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.

28 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.

30 Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

31 they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.