Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) ‎#64

64. 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 sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

3 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heav'ns our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

4 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 awful throne
• Title: Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Alterer: Charles Wesley (1737)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Genesis 2:7
  ;
  Psalm 100
• Topic: Praise: God, The Father

Tune Information

• Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Bourgeois's Genevan Psalter, 1551