Thy kingdom come, O God
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Thy kingdom come, O God, Thy rule, O Christ, begin; Break with thine iron rod The tyrannies of sin. Where is thy reign of peace, And purity, and love? When shall all hatred cease, As in the realms above? When comes the promised time That war shall be no more, And lust, oppression, crime, Shall flee thy face before? We pray thee, Lord, arise, And come in thy great might; Revive our longing eyes, Which languish for thy sight. O'er heathen lands afar Thick darkness broodeth yet; Arise, o morning Star, Arise, and never set! |
In terris incipe regnum, Deus, tuum, et ferro percute mali dominium. Quin otium tuum hic purum retegis? Omne absit odium ut in caelicolis. Quam es pollicitus quando quies venit, cum stuprum, vis, scelus te viso fugerit? Orire, Domine, et huc potens veni; desiderantes te laetentur oculi. Nulla est ubi fides, disperge tenebras; ut stella lucem des, nec umquam occidas. |