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Text:Before Jehovah's aweful throne
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:OLD HUNDREDTH

387. Before Jehovah's aweful throne

1 Before Jehovah's aweful 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 then;
and, when like wandering sheep we strayed,
he brought us to his fold again.

3 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.

4 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 aweful throne
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Proper 17: Year B
Tune Information
Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
Meter: LM
Key: G Major
Source: Genevan Psalter, 1551



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