Hymns to the Living God ‎#14

14. Lo! God is Here; Let Us Adore

1 Lo, God is here; let us adore,
and own how dreadful is this place;
let all within us feel His pow'r,
and humbly bow before His face.
Who knows His pow'r, His grace who proves,
serve Him with awe, with rev'rence love.

2 Lo, God is here, whom day and night
united choirs of angels praise;
to Him, enthroned above all height,
the host of heav'n their anthems raise.
Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song,
who praise Thee with a stamm'ring tongue.

3 Almighty Father, may our praise
Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill;
still may we stand before Thy face,
still hear and do Thy sov'reign will.
To God whom earth and heav'n adore,
be praise and glory evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! God is here; let us adore
• Title: Lo! God is Here; Let Us Adore
• Author: Gerhard Tersteegen (1729)
• Translator: John Wesley (1739)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Revelation and Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: VATER UNSER
• Composer (attributed to): Martin Luther
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Key: c minor
• Source: Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539
• Notes: Alternate harmonization: no. 306