120a. Before Jehovah's Awful Throne

1 Before Jehovah’s awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and He destroy.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

3 We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name?

4 We’ll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
Title: Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (1719)
Author: John Wesley (1736 Revised)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Worship
Notes: Modern Form
Tune Information
Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1551)
Meter: L. M.
Source: The Genevan Psalter



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