Verse 1
Thou Awful GOD, whose Smile or Frown
Is Man’s Irrevocable Fate,
On Us with pitying Love look down,
Who humbled at thy Footstool wait,
Till Thou declare thy welcom Will,
And bid our trembling Hearts be still!

Verse 2
The Hearts of All are in thy Hand,
Obsequious to thy wise Decree,
They rise, or sink at thy Command,
Turn’d as the Rivers of the Sea,
Where’er thy Will appoints to go,
The Heaven-directed Waters flow.

Verse 3
All Power in Heaven and Earth is Thine,
Omnipotent Eternal Lord,
Nature observes the Nod Divine,
And conscious of thy Powerful Word
The Rock dissolves into a Rill,
The Mountain flies, the Sun stands still.

Verse 4
Thy Love is equal to thy Power,
Thy Love on every Soul descends,
A Gracious neverfailing Shower
Pour’d out on Enemies and Friends,
But most on Those, who watch thine Eye,
And gasp in Thee to live and die.

Verse 5
Such Strength of Sanctified Desire
Thou hast, O Lord, on Us bestow’d,
Who Thee beyond thy Gifts require,
Our chief Delight, our Sovereign Good,
Our Fear, and Trust, our Joy and Love,
Our Heaven on Earth, our Heaven above.

Verse 6
And wilt Thou leave us in Distress,
Who seek for Help to Thee alone,
Our all-sufficient Happiness!
Can the Good GOD forsake His own?
Himself deny, his Grace forget,
Or spurn us weeping at his Feet?

Verse 7
No, Lord, thy Bowels answer No!
Thy Love forbids our needless Fear,
Thy Love the Hidden Path shall shew,
In calm Convincing Light appear,
And lead into thy whole Design,
And mould us to the Will Divine:

Verse 8
For this with meekest Awe we wait,
Till Thou display thine utmost Will,
Restore us to our First Estate,
And then thy Heavenly Light reveal,
Shine forth in thy full Round of Rays,
And shew us all thy Glorious Face.