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Hymns · 18th century

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

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Verse 1
Holy God, we praise Thy name; (Ps. 99:3, Ps. 103:1, II Sam. 22:50, I Chron. 29:13, Ps. 7:17, Ps. 9:2, Ps. 18:49, Ps. 44:8, Ps. 54:6, Ps. 61:8, Ps. 68:4, Ps. 69:30, Ps. 92:1, Ps. 113:1, Ps. 113:3, Ps. 135:3, Ps. 138:2, Ps. 142:7, Ps. 145:2, Ps. 148:5, Ps. 148:13, Ps. 149:3, Isa. 25:1, Joel 2:26, Heb. 13:15)
Lord of all, we bow be­fore Thee!
All on earth Thy scep­ter claim, (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:10-11)
All in Heav­en above ad­ore Thee; (Rev. 5:13)
Infinite Thy vast do­main,
Everlasting is Thy reign. (Ps. 145:13, Dan. 4:3, Dan. 4:34, Dan. 7:17, Dan. 7:27, II Pet. 1:11)

Verse 2
Hark! the loud ce­les­ti­al hymn
Angel choirs above are rais­ing,
Cherubim and se­ra­phim,
In un­ceas­ing chor­us prais­ing;
Fill the heav­ens with sweet ac­cord:
Holy, ho­ly, ho­ly, Lord. (Isa. 6:3, Rom. 4:8)

Verse 3
Lo! the apos­tol­ic train
Join the sac­red name to hal­low;
Prophets swell the loud re­frain,
And the white robed mar­tyrs fol­low; (Rev, 6:9-11, Rev. 7:9-14)
And from morn to set of sun, (Ps. 113:3, Mal. 1:11)
Through the Church the song goes on.

Verse 4
Holy Fa­ther, Ho­ly Son,
Holy Spir­it, Three we name Thee;
While in es­sence on­ly One,
Undivided God we claim Thee; (I John 5:7, Deut. 6:4)
And ador­ing bend the knee,
While we own the mys­te­ry.

Verse 5
Thou art King of glo­ry, Christ: (Ps. 24:7-10)
Son of God, yet born of Ma­ry; (Luke 1:35, Gal. 4:4)
For us sin­ners sac­ri­ficed,
And to death a tri­bu­ta­ry:
First to break the bars of death, (Acts 2:24)
Thou has op­ened Heav­en to faith.

Verse 6
From Thy high ce­les­ti­al home,
Judge of all, again re­turn­ing, (Acts 10:42, Acts 17:31, II Tim. 4:1)
We be­lieve that Thou shalt come
In the dread­ed dooms­day morn­ing;
When Thy voice shall shake the earth, (Hag. 2:6-7, Heb. 12:26)
And the start­led dead come forth. (John 5:28-29, I Thess. 4:16)

Verse 7
Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord:
Help Thy serv­ants whom, re­deem­ing
By Thy pre­cious blood out-poured, (Eph. 1:7, I Peter 1:18-19)
Thou hast saved from Sa­tan’s schem­ing. (Eph. 6:11)
Give to them eter­nal rest (Rev. 14:13)
In the glo­ry of the blest.

Verse 8
Spare Thy peo­ple, Lord, we pray, (Joel 2:17)
By a thou­sand snares sur­round­ed: (Ps. 91:3, I Tim. 3:7, II Tim. 2:26)
Keep us with­out sin to­day, (Jude 1:24)
Never let us be con­found­ed. (Ps. 25:2, Ps. 31:17, Ps. 71:1)
Lo, I put my trust in Thee; (Ps. 31:1)
Never, Lord, aban­don me. (Heb. 13:5)