1719 Before JEHOVAH’s Awful Throne

Before JEHOVAH’s Awful Throne

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.” Psalm 100:1

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Words: Isaac Watts, The Psalms of Da­vid, 1719. The cur­rent ver­sion is John Wes­ley’s adaptation of Watts’ original.

Music: Park Street, Fred­er­ick M. A. Ve­nua, cir­ca 1810.

Al­ter­nate tunes:

• Andernach, An­der­nach Ge­sang­buch, 1608.
• Penshurst, Vin­cent No­vel­lo, 1836.

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Before Jehovah’s awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy,
He can create, and He destroy.

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,
He brought us to His fold again.

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,
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name?

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,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

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,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

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