Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#161

161. Before Jehovah's aweful throne

1 Before Jehovah's aweful 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 shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Text Information

• First Line: Before Jehovah's aweful throne
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Reviser: John Wesley, 1703 - 91
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Scripture:
  Psalm 100
• Topic: The Church: Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church: Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Life In Christ: Thanksgiving; Church Life and Work: City, Nation, World; The Church: Worship - In The Presence

Tune Information

• Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois, c.1510 - 61
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major