Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America: being an improvement of the old version of the Psalms of David ; allowed by the reverend Synod of New York and Philad 202b. Before Jehovah's awful throne

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America‎#202b

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Text:

Before Jehovah's awful throne

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.

2 His sov'reign power, without our aid
Made us of clay, and form'd us men:
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 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?

4 We'll croud thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heav'n our voices raise;
And earth with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

4 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!

Text Information
First Line:	Before Jehovah's awful throne
Meter:	Second Metre
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1791
Scripture:	Psalm 100
Notes:	Now Public Domain. A paraphrase