O Come Before the Lord

O come be­fore the Lord

our king

And in His pre­sence let us sing;

Let us in glad and joy­ful lays

The rock of our sal­va­tion praise;

Before Him come with thank­ful song

In joy­ful psalms His praise pro­long.

Almighty pow­er the Lord main­tains

Exalted ov­er all He reigns;

He holds the val­leys in His hand

He makes the migh­ty mount­ains stand;

To Him be­long both land and sea

Creator of the world is He.

O come and let us wor­ship now

Before our mak­er let us bow;

We are His sheep and He our God

He feeds our souls in pas­tures broad;

He safe­ly leads us in the way;

O come and heed His voice to­day.

Take heed and hard­en not your heart

As did your fa­thers

nor de­part

From God to fol­low in their ways;

For with com­plaints in­stead of praise

With doubt in­stead of faith con­fessed

They put His mer­cy to the test.

Take heed that ye pro­voke Him not

As did your fa­thers

who for­got

With err­ing heart

God’s ho­ly ways

And grieved Him all their sin­ful days;

To whom in wrath Je­ho­vah sware

My pro­mised rest they shall not share.