Why This Dark Conspiracy

WHY THIS DARK CONSPIRACY?

Why this dark conspiracy,
nations plotting to be free?
Foolishly they ridicule
God’s most wise and righteous rule.
Lord, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy! Christ, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
Foolishly they ridicule
God’s most wise and righteous rule.
Lord, have mercy!

On this Coronation Day,
God’s dear Son holds kingly sway.
His the honour, his the worth,
his the nations of the earth!
Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
His the honour, his the worth
his the nations of the earth
Alleluia!

Verses 3-4 follow

Words: © 2010, Norman J Goreham, admin by Faith Alive Christian Resources
First published in Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (Grand Rapids, Calvin Institute for Christian Worship, Faith Alive Christian Resources and Brazos Press, 2012) and in Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (Grand Rapids, Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2013). In these resources, it is paired with the tune Christ Ist Erstanden with refrain.
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