God, Most Mighty, Sovereign Lord

lyricist: Henry Harbaugh, 1860
Composer: Christian Gregor, 1784

God

most migh­ty

sov­er­eign Lord

By the heav­en­ly hosts ad­ored!

God of na­tions

King of kings

Head of all cre­at­ed things!

By Thy saints with joy con­fessed

God o’er all for ev­er blest

Lo

we come be­fore Thy throne

In our Sav­ior’s name alone.

Thee

O Christ

we wor­ship

bless

Head of all Thy Church con­fess;

Hear the prais­es

and the plaints

Of Thy needy

sigh­ing saints.

Let Thy blood our ran­som be;

Save us as we trust in Thee.

Pleading at Thy throne we stand

Save Thy peo­ple

bless our land.

By Thy­self

the source of grace;

By Thy head­ship of our race;

By Thy com­ing from the skies;

By Thine aw­ful sac­ri­fice!

By Thy reign o’er all on earth

For its new

and se­cond birth:

In Thy mer­its let us stand

Save

O Lord

and bless our land.

From all pub­lic sin and shame;

From am­bi­tion’s grasp­ing aim

From the pride that brings a fall

Sins of sense whose dregs are gall.

From the love of van­ity;

From for­get­ful­ness of Thee:

From the judg­ments of Thy hand

Spare Thy peo­ple

spare our land.

From re­bel­lion

war and death;

From the pes­ti­len­tial breath:

From dread fa­mine’s aw­ful stroke;

From op­press­ion’s gall­ing yoke.

From the earth­quake’s stun­ning blow;

From all pub­lic fear and woe;

Spare us

spare us

Lord most high

Hear Thy peo­ple’s hum­ble cry.

On our fields of grass and grain

Drop

O Lord! the kind­ly rain;

O’er our wide and good­ly land

Crown the la­bors of each hand.

Let Thy kind pro­tect­ion be

O’er our com­merce on the sea;

Open

Lord! Thy boun­te­ous hand

Bless Thy peo­ple

bless our land.

Let

O Lord! our rul­ers be

Men that love and hon­or Thee;

Let the pow­ers by Thee or­dained

Be in right­eous­ness main­tained.

In the peo­ple’s hearts in­crease

Love of pi­ety and peace;

Thus unit­ed we shall stand

One wide

free

and hap­py land.

God the Fa­ther

let Thy love

Shine up­on us from above;

God the Son

our Sav­ior

plead

With Thy blood

for all we need.

God the Ho­ly Ghost

im­part

Healing pow­er to ev­ery heart;

Triune God

O hear our plea

Save us as we trust in Thee.

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