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Text:Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
Author:Isaac Watts (1674-1748) alt.
Tune:DUKE STREET
Composer:John Hatton (c.1710-1793)

82. Before Jehovah's Awful Throne

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’ll crowd His gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill His courts with sounding praise.

4 Wide as the world is His command,
Vast as Eternity His love;
Firm as a rock His truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move

Text Information
First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
Title: Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) alt. (1719)
Meter: L.M.
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture:
Topic: God the Father: Majesty and Power of God
Tune Information
Name: DUKE STREET
Composer: John Hatton (c.1710-1793)
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 13456 71765 55565
Key: D Major
Notes: Alternate harmony, No. 227



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