[I wrote this some time back, and we have sung it a number of times at Redeemer. I’m only posting it now because I’ve only now figured out how to make things single spaced on the blog–press shift then enter.]
Arise, O Star
Verse 1
Seed of the woman
Promised long ago
Sworn to crush the serpent’s head
That to Eden we might go
All nations will be blessed
In the seed of Abraham
And the scepter is to Judah
The land belongs to him
Chorus
Arise, O Star
Jacob longs for you
Keep your word, Lord
Your promises all true
Your people wait
For that Day when you will come
Take your power and reign
Heaven’s highest Son
Verse 2
The branch will come from Jesse
Great David’s greater Son
As a Son to God comes He
To the throne in Zion
The prophet like Moses
Priest like Melchizedek
Anointed with the Spirit
Messiah, he shall reign
to chorus
Verse 3
So the Man of Sorrows came
Acquainted with his grief
Smitten for our sins
Raised to set us free
And he shall come again
With all his holy ones
For that day we watch
Come soon, Lord Jesus
to chorus
James Merrill Hamilton Jr.
March 31, 2006
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Here are the biblical texts that give rise to these lyrics: