Church Book ‎#1

1. Before Jehovah's awful throne

1 Before Jehovah's awesome throne,
All 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 heaven 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
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719, a)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Scripture:
  Psalm 100
• Topic: Worship: Praise and Thanksgiving
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: OLD 100TH PSALM
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Guillaume Franc, ab. 1545