Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#492

492. 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
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Revised by: John Wesley (1736)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: National
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A Major
• Source: Genevan Psalter,1551
• Notes: Now Public Domain.