LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
| | Transl/Adapt: | John Wesley
| | Dates: | 1719,1737
| | Bible Refs: | 1 Ki 18:39; Ps 100
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 608
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 236
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 6
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 359
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 334
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 441
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 18
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 54
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 317
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 197
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 370
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 516
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 15
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 21
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 3
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 187
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
|
| 252
| STELBAP
|
| 791
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 388
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 351
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 100
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 13
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 309
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 391
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 62
| Universal Hymn Book
| 1885
| 465
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MUSIC
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 44
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 51
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 325
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 489
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 545
| No key
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 592
| No key
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 172
| No key
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 2
| A
| Hymns of Faith
| 20
| A
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1
| A
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1
| A
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 2
| A
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 3
| A
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 166
| A
| Believers Hymn Book
| 359
| Ab
| Living Praise
| 6
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 28
| G
| Hymns of Faith
| 21
| G
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 6
| G
| Hymns of Faith
| 592
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 20
| G
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 13
| G
| Baptist Hymnal
| 13
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 624
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 625
| G
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 9
| G
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 61
| G
| Believers Hymn Book
| 359
| G
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Alternate Tunes
| MAINZER | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Joseph Mainzer | | WINCHESTER NEW | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Chorale in Musikalisch Handbuch & William Henry Havergal | | WELLS | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | William Henry Monk | | PARK STREET | 8 8 8 8 8 | Frederick Marc Antoine Venua | | ANDERNACH | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | 1608 Andernach Gesangbuch | | PENSHURST | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Francis Vincent Novello |
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| 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.
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2. He 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.
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3. We are His people, we His care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
|:Almighty Maker, to Thy name?
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4. 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.
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5. 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.
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