Before the Lord’s eternal throne (William Henry Monk)
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- (Posted 2022-07-12) CPDL #69997:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 45 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-07-12) CPDL #69996:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 89 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Before the Lord’s eternal throne
Composer: William Henry Monk (harm.)
Tune: Winchester New
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published: 1690 in Musikalisches Handbuch
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Original text and translations
English text
Before the Lord’s eternal throne,
ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
know that the Lord is God alone;
he can create, and he destroy.
His sovereign power without our aid
formed us of clay and gave us breath;
and when like wandering sheep we strayed,
he saved us from the power of death.
We are his people, we his care,
our souls, and all our mortal frame:
what lasting honors shall we rear,
almighty Maker, to thy Name?
We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
high as the heaven our voices raise;
and earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is thy command,
vast as eternity thy love;
firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
when rolling years shall cease to move.