ROCK.
The Lord is my rock.—Psalm xviii. 2.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly;
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks.—Isaiah, xxxiii. 15, 16.
Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.—Romans, ix. 33.
God, known in Hebron, and by Kedar’s hill,
His glory to those rocks was once laid bare;
Upon the mountain top we seek Thee still,
Lord, tell us whether Thou art there?
Ye peaceful dwellers in these blest retreats;
As at the foot of mountains Israel prayed,
For tranquil nights, and on your rocky seats
Are sounds to you from heav’n conveyed?
Never behold ye the celestial bands
Upon your sacred domes alight and bend?
Never the harpings hear of angel-hands,
Back from the rocks their echoes send?
Rev. W. Pulling, from Lamartine.
Rock of ages! cleft for me!
Let me hide myself in thee!
Let the water and the blood
From thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure;
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
While I draw this fleeting breath
When my eyelids close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of ages shelter me!
Let me bide myself in thee!
Toplady.
As the shade of a rock in a weary land
Whence gush the fresh waters at thy command;
As a rocky foundation whereon to build,
As a fortress of rock when the foe is afield,
Such Maker and Saviour of man art thou,
Our fortress, our rock, and our shield below.
Egone.