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86. Psalm 100

1 Before Jehovah's awful 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 honors 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 must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Text Information
First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
Title: Psalm 100
Author: Isaac Watts
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture: ;
Topic: General Praise
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: OLD HUNDRED
Composer: G. Franc
Meter: L. M.
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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