1 The judgment has set, the books have been opened;
How shall we stand in that great day
When every thought, and word, and action,
God, the righteous Judge, shall weigh?
Refrain:
How shall we stand in that great day?
How shall we stand in that great day?
Shall we be found before him wanting!
Or with our sins all washed away?
2 The work is begun with those who are sleeping,
Soon will the living here be tried,
Out of the books of God's remembrance,
His decision to abide. [Refrain]
3 O, how shall we stand that moment of searching,
When all our sins those books reveal?
When from that court, each case decided,
Shall be granted no appeal? [Refrain]
Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1337