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Hymns and Tunes 1876 2

Before Jehovah's awful throne

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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 wandering 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 shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.

Also sung to
St. Anne (SDA Hymnal #82); Duke Street (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #19)

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The verse

Meter
32
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 56% of beats fit
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Verse 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.˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/32A

Verse 2

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.˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/35A

Verse 3

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.////˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘/˘/34A

Verse 4

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./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘///˘˘///˘///˘/˘/˘/32A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.