Text: | O Come before the LORD, Our King |
Tune: | ST. PETERSBURG |
Composer: | Dmitri Bortniansky |
1 O come before the LORD, our King,
and in his presence let us sing;
let us in glad and joyful lays
the rock of our salvation praise;
before him come with thankful song,
in joyful psalms his praise prolong.
2 Almighty pow'r the LORD maintains,
exalted over all he reigns;
he holds the valleys in his hand,
he makes the mighty mountains stand;
to him belong both land and sea,
Creator of the world is he.
3 O come and let us worship now,
before our Maker let us bow;
we are his sheep and he our God,
he feeds our souls in pastures broad;
he safely leads us in the way;
O come and hear his voice today.
4 Take heed and harden not your heart
as did our fathers, nor depart
from God to follow in their ways;
for with complaints instead of praise,
with doubt instead of faith confessed,
they put his mercy to the test.
5 Take heed that you provoke him not,
as did your fathers, who forgot,
with erring heart, God's holy ways
and grieved him all their sinful days;
to whom in wrath the LORD declared:
"My promised rest they shall not share."
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O come before the LORD, our King |
Title: | O Come before the LORD, Our King |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2018 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Creation; God: Praises of; Opening of Worship |
Source: | The Psalter, 1912; alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. PETERSBURG |
Composer: | Dmitri Bortniansky (1825) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Key: | C Major |