The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#612

612. That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day

1 That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
When heav'n and earth shall pass away!
What pow'r shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?

2 When, shriv'ling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heav'ns together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead.

3 Lord, on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to Judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou the trembling sinner's Stay,
Tho' heav'n and earth shall pass away.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: That day of wrath, that dreadful day
• Title: That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day
• Latin Title: Dies irae, dies illa
• Translator: Walter Scott (1805)
• Author: Thomas de Celano (c, 1250, cento)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  2 Peter 3:10
• Topic: The Last Things: Judgment

Tune Information

• Name: WINDHAM
• Composer: Daniel Read (1735)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: d minor