Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 95 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Come, let our voices join to raise
A sacred song of solemn praise;
God is a sovereign king; rehearse
His honors in exalted verse.
2. Come let our souls address the Lord,
Who framed our natures with His word;
He is our shepherd; we the sheep
His mercy chose, His pastures keep.
3. Come, let us hear His voice today,
The counsels of His love obey;
Nor let our hardened hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
4. Israel, that saw His works of grace,
Yet tempt their maker to His face;
A faithless, unbelieving brood,
That tired the patience of their God.
5. Thus saith the Lord: How false they prove
Forget My power, abuse My love!
Since they despise My rest, I swear,
Their feet shall never enter there.
6. Look back, my soul, with holy dread,
And view those ancient rebels dead;
Attend the offered grace today,
Nor lose the blessing by delay.
7. Seize the kind promise while it waits,
And march to Sion’s heav’nly gates:
Believe, and take the promised rest;
Obey, and be for ever blessed. Used With Tune: FOREST Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Come, Let Our Voices Join to Raise