Common Praise ‎#387

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:
  1 Peter 2:25
  ;
  1 Samuel 2:6
  ;
  2 Chronicles 5:13
  ;
  Deuteronomy 32:39
  ;
  Ezra 3:11
  ;
  Psalm 95:6-7
  ;
  Psalm 100
  ;
  Psalm 119:96
• Topic: Proper 17: Year B

Tune Information

• Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Genevan Psalter, 1551