Laudes Domini ‎#15

15. Psalm 100

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.

Text Information

• First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
• Title: Psalm 100
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: General Praise; Eternity; God: Attributes; God: Creator; God: Eternity; God: Love; God: Majesty; God: Supremacy; God: Truth; Opening of Service; Praise

Tune Information

• Name: OLD HUNDRED
• Composer: G. Franc
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major or modal