In Ju-dah God of old was known;
His Name in Is-rael great;
In Sa-lem stood His ho-ly throne,
And Zi-on was His seat.
A-mong the prais-es of His saints
His dwell-ing there He chose;
There He re-ceived their just com-plaints
A-gainst their haught-y foes.
What are the earth's wide king-doms else
But might-y hills of prey?
The hill on which Je-ho-vah dwells
Is glor-ious more than they.
At Thy re-buke, O Ja-cob's God,
Both horse and char-iot fell;
Who knows the ter-rors of Thy rod?
Thy ven-geance who can tell?
What power can stand be-fore Thy sight
When once Thy wrath ap-pears?
When heav'n shines round with dread-ful light,
The earth lies still and fears.
When God in His own sov-ereign ways
Comes down to save th' op-prest,
The wrath of man shall work His praise,
And He'll re-strain the rest.
*Music: Composed March 2007 by Mitch Cervinka. Donated to the Public Domain for the unrestricted use of Christ's church.