See Judah’s promised king bereft of all:

Driven out an exile from the face of Saul.

To distant caves the lonely wanderer flies,

To seek that peace a tyrant’s frown denies.

Hear the sweet accents of his tuneful voice;

Hear him, o’erwhelmed with sorrows, yet rejoice;

No womanish or wailing grief has part,

No, not a moment, in his royal heart;

’Tis manly music, such as martyrs make,

Suffering with gladness for a Saviour’s sake;