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Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
Verse 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.
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.
Verse 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.
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
Verse 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.
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill His courts with sounding praise.
Verse 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.
Vast as Eternity His love;
Firm as a rock His truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
Watts's majestic opening hymn drawing from apocalyptic throne-room imagery for congregational adoration.