Before Je - ho-vah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;

Know that the Lord is God alone; He can cre-ate, and He de-stroy.

1 Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee, For the bliss Thy love be-stows,

For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows;

Help, O God, my weak en-deavor; This dull soul to rap-ture raise:

And He is God a - lone; Let all His saints a

Sav-ior

In faith and fer-vent love embrace, And truly serve Him

He par dons our sins, and our sor - rows He

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eth,

2 O lift up your voices in strains of thanksgiving!
Let praises ascend to our God ever living!
Now life and salvation from Him we inherit,

In Jesus, His Son, through His death and His merit.

3 Of mercy and grace God alone is the giver,
And all who believe, He will surely deliver;

His truth standeth fast, and it faileth us never:

His mercy endureth for ever and ever.

4 All glory and praise to the Father be given,
The Son, and the Spirit, from earth and from heaven;
As was, and is now, be supreme adoration,

And ever shall be, to the God of salvation.