Before Jehovah's awful throne

1Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create and he destroy.

2His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when, like wand'ring sheep, we strayed, He brought us to his fold again.

3We'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.

4Wide 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.