The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12084

12084. The Lord, The Judge, His Churches Warns

1 The Lord the Judge His churches warns:
Let hypocrites attend and fear
Who place their hope in rites and forms,
But make not faith nor love their care.

2 Vile wretches dare rehearse His name
With lips of falsehood and deceit;
A friend or brother they defame,
And soothe and flatter those they hate.

3 They watch to do their neighbors wrong,
Yet dare to seek their maker’s face;
They take His covenant on their tongue,
But break His Laws, abuse His grace.

4 To Heav’n they lift their hands unclean,
Defiled with lust, defiled with blood;
By night they practice every sin,
By day their mouths draw near to God.

5 And while His judgments long delay,
They grow secure and sin the more;
They think He sleeps as well as they,
And put far off the dreadful hour.

6 O dreadful hour! when God draws near,
And sets their crimes before their eyes!
His wrath their guilty souls shall tear,
And no deliverer dare to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord the Judge His churches warns
• Title: The Lord, The Judge, His Churches Warns
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalms of David, 1719

Tune Information

• Name: KING OF KINGS
• Composer: George Clement Martin, 1844-1916
• Meter: LM
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Public Domain