The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1235

1235. Dread Jehovah, God of Nations

1. Dread Jehovah, God of nations,
From Thy temple in the skies,
Hear Thy people’s supplications,
Now for their deliverance rise.

2. Lo, with deep contritions turning,
Humbly at Thy feet we bend;
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning;
Hear us, spare us, and defend.

3. Though our sins, our hearts confounding,
Long and loud for vengeance call,
Thou hast mercy more abounding,
Jesus’ blood can cleanse from all.

4. Let that love veil our transgressions,
Let that blood our guilt efface:
Save Thy people from oppression,
Save from spoil Thy holy place.

Text Information

• First Line: Dread Jehovah, God of nations
• Title: Dread Jehovah, God of Nations
• Author: Thomas Cotterill (1804)
• Meter: 87.87
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: PENZANCE, H. Roach, in The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Hymn­al, ed­it­ed by George Booth (London: Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 913

Tune Information

• Name: BATTY
• Composer: Anonymous (1745)
• Meter: 87.87
• Incipit: 12323 65432 23555
• Key: E Major
• Source: Moravian melody from the chorale Ringe recht in the Erbaulicher musikalischen Christen-schatz (Basel, Switzerland: 1745)
• Copyright: Public Domain