The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) ‎#2

2. Before Jehovah's awesome throne

1 Before Jehovah’s awesome 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 honours 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 shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Text Information

• First Line: Before Jehovah's awesome throne
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Author: John Wesley, 1703-91
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1973
• Scripture:
  Psalm 100
• Topic: Approach to God: The House of God

Tune Information

• Name: [All people that on earth do dwell]
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Melody from French-Genevan Psalter, 1551