ADORE AND TREMBLE, FOR OUR GOD
by Isaac Watts
Adore and tremble, for our God
Is a consuming fire!
His jealous eyes His wrath inflame,
And raise His vengeance higher.
Almighty vengeance, how it burns!
How bright His fury glows!
Vast magazines of plagues and storms
Lie treasured for his foes.
Those heaps of wrath, by slow degrees,
Are forced into a flame;
But kindled, oh! how fierce they blaze!
And rend all nature’s frame.
At His approach the mountains flee,
And seek a watery grave:
The frighted sea makes haste away,
And shrinks up every wave.
Through the wide air the mighty rocks
Are swift as hailstones hurled;
Who dares engage His fiery rage
That shakes the solid world?
Yet, mighty God, Thy sovereign grace
Sits regent on the throne;
The refuge of Thy chosen race
When wrath comes rushing down.
Thy hand shall on rebellious kings
A fiery tempest pour,
While we beneath Thy sheltering wings
Thy just revenge adore.
1 comment:
Precious Alyssa,
WOW! I've never seen or heard this song before.
I remember years ago when we were discussing God's wrath at church, and someone stated, we sing of and proclaim almost every quality of God, but His wrath. This is it...
Thanks for sharing...I can't wait to re-read/share the words of this song with my family.
Love you,
K~
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