Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands." - Ps. 100:1
VERSE 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.
VERSE 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.
VERSE 3
We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal fame:
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name?
VERSE 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.
VERSE 5
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.