Psalm 18 Part D): The Superman Psalm verses 29-50
(For Palm Sunday)
Singlehanded I crush the enemy!
I leap high walls in a single bound
and outrun helicopters.
I bend machine guns with my bare hands
and bullets bounce off me.
When the enemy cried ‘surrender’
I chased them, caught them, crushed them!
At the rumour of my arrival
triads and terrorists come cringing
to give themselves up.
At the news of my victories
all the world wants my photograph!
Ah, how we long for a hero!
This was exactly what they wanted in a Messiah.
Hosanna! they cried
And he betrayed their hopes,
him on a donkey.
How betrayed Judas felt.
How frustrated Peter was when Jesus talked yet again
about the cross -
Come on, Jesus, be the man we know you are!
Be a hero! Be superman!
“Get behind me Satan!” Jesus shouts in reply.
Great triumphs God gives to his king,
steadfast love he shows to his anointed.
But – ah – the pain before the victory …
What blasphemy the crucified king!
(For Palm Sunday)
Singlehanded I crush the enemy!
I leap high walls in a single bound
and outrun helicopters.
I bend machine guns with my bare hands
and bullets bounce off me.
When the enemy cried ‘surrender’
I chased them, caught them, crushed them!
At the rumour of my arrival
triads and terrorists come cringing
to give themselves up.
At the news of my victories
all the world wants my photograph!
Ah, how we long for a hero!
This was exactly what they wanted in a Messiah.
Hosanna! they cried
And he betrayed their hopes,
him on a donkey.
How betrayed Judas felt.
How frustrated Peter was when Jesus talked yet again
about the cross -
Come on, Jesus, be the man we know you are!
Be a hero! Be superman!
“Get behind me Satan!” Jesus shouts in reply.
Great triumphs God gives to his king,
steadfast love he shows to his anointed.
But – ah – the pain before the victory …
What blasphemy the crucified king!