Part II

Stand th’omnipotent decree!

Zalmonah

p. 42
Tune Zalmonah.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Stand th'omnipotent decree!Jehovah's will be done!Nature's end we wait to see,And hear her final groan.Let this earth dissolve, and blendIn death the wicked and the just.Let those pond'rous orbs descend,And grind us into dust.

Rests secure the righteous man,At his Redeemer's beckSure t'emerge and rise again,And mount above the wreck.Lo! the heavenly spirit towers,Like flames o'er nature's funeral pyre,Triumphs in immortal powers,And claps his wings of fire!

Nothing hath the just to lose,By worlds on worlds destroyed;Far beneath his feet he views,With smiles, the flaming void;Sees this universe renewed,The grand millennial reign begun;Shouts with all the sons of God,Around th' eternal throne.

Resting in this glorious hope,To be at last restored,Yield we now our bodies up,To earthquake, plague or sword.List'ning for the call divine,The latest trumpet of the seven,Soon our soul and dust shall join,And both fly up to heaven.

About this hymn

As printed Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, printed p. 42 (PDF 118); stanzas 2–4 on printed p. 43 (PDF 119). Three staves (Treble, Second Treble — the staff that sings the tune and carries the words —, Bass); G major, 4/4, **Slow and solemn.** The first strain is repeated (‖: :‖) and the hymn ends with a **D. C.**, so each stanza is sung in three passes of that strain: the two lines printed between the staves and joined by a brace, and the line printed below the bass staff (the da capo pass).