The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15657

15657. Oh Thou Who Sits Enthroned On High

1 Oh Thou who sits enthroned on high,
So full of awful majesty!
From Thee all kindreds of the earth
Receive their strength, derive their birth.

2 Thy potent arm confounds Thy foes,
And deals insufferable blows;
One look of Thine has power to save,
One word can sink them to the grave.

3 At Thy rebuke the mountains shake,
And hearts more hard are made to quake;
When devils strive to break their chain,
Their struggles but increase their pain.

4 The ruins of Jerusalem
Thy vengeance to the world proclaim,
While Sodom’s flames Thy fury tell
All more the dreadful flames of hell.

5 Then to the world’s remotest ends,
Or where Thy wide domain extends,
Be Thou both dreaded and adored,
The sovereign Judge, the mighty Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh Thou who sits enthroned on high
• Title: Oh Thou Who Sits Enthroned On High
• Author: Benjamin Beddome
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: HEBRON by Lowell Mason, HESPERUS by Henry Baker, HOLY HILL by William H. Pontius, HURSLEY from "Katholisches Gesangbuch"

Tune Information

• Name: ISRAEL
• Composer: John Goss, 1800-1880
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain