Before Jehovah's awful throne
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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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His 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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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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Wide as the world is thy command,Vast as eternity thy love;Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,When rolling years shall cease to move.