Verse 1
The Lord of hosts himself alone
Worthy to be rever’d we own,
By earth and heaven ador’d:
Let all the One true God proclaim,
Worship the dread Jehovah’s name,
Bow down to Christ the Lord.
Verse 2
A sanctuary the faithful find,
A refuge from the storm and wind,
In Christ the Lord most high:
But who refuse on him to call,
Shall on the stone of stumbling fall,
And unconverted die.
Verse 3
Rock of offence at first he was:
And Christians stumbling at the cross
Deny whom Jews denied:
They will not know that Christ is he,
Or the supreme Jehovah see
In Jesus crucified.
Verse 4
But Jesus to his church is known,
Jesus the precious corner-stone,
By Israel disallow’d;
Jehovah seen, and manifest,
God over all for ever blest,
Thou art my Lord my God!