946 God’s Wrath Is a Display of His Righteous Disposition
Verse 1
Though the outpouring of God’s wrath
is one side of His righteousness,
He does consider His target
and does always have principle.
God is never quick to anger,
nor rashly shows wrath, majesty.
His wrath’s controlled, and is measured,
unlike man’s flaring rage, anger.
Chorus
The wrath of God is a display
and a genuine expression
of His righteous disposition,
revealing His holy substance.
Verse 2
The release of the wrath of God
doesn’t express or vent His mood,
not a full eruption of rage,
as man is likely to assume.
God doesn’t release all His wrath
’cause He can’t control His own mood,
or ’cause His anger has reached
boiling point, must be vented soon.
Chorus
The wrath of God is a display
and a genuine expression
of His righteous disposition,
revealing His holy substance.
Verse 3
God’s wrath tolerates no offense,
but His anger is principled,
can distinguish among causes.
But corrupt mankind cannot do this.
Man flares in anger, vents emotions,
all to defend sin’s existence.
These actions are the ways for man
to express dissatisfaction.
Bridge
Man’s actions brim with defilement.
They brim with schemes and corruption,
brim with intrigues and with evil,
and wild desires, ambitions.
Chorus
The wrath of God is a display
and a genuine expression
of His righteous disposition,
revealing His holy substance.
Outro
When wickedness contests justice,
man won’t get angry and defend justice.
If justice has threats, is attacked,
man will overlook, evade, flinch.
But when facing evil forces,
man will cater, will bow and scrape.
So man’s venting is an escape for evil forces,
it shows man’s evil is hard to contain.
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique II