Let God Arise in All His Might
1) Let God a-rise in all His might,
And put the troops of hell to flight,
As smoke that sought to cloud the skies
Be-fore the ris-ing temp-est flies.
He comes ar-rayed in burn-ing flames;
Just-ice and ven-geance are His names:
Be-hold His faint-ing foes ex-pire
Like melt-ing wax be-fore the fire.
2) He rides and thun-ders through the sky;
His Name Je-ho-vah sounds on high:
Sing to His Name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints, re-joice be-fore His face.
The wid-ow and the fa-ther-less
Fly to His aid in sharp dis-tress:
In Him the poor and help-less find
A Judge that's just, a Fa-ther kind.
3) He breaks the cap-tive's heav-y chain,
And pris'-ners see the light a-gain;
But reb-els, that dis-pute His will,
Shall dwell in chains and dark-ness still.
Lord, when Thou didst as-cend on high,
Ten thou-sand an-gels filled the sky;
Those heav'n-ly guards a-round Thee wait,
Like char-iots that at-tend Thy state.
4) Raised by His Fa-ther to the throne,
He sent the prom-ised Spir-it down,
With gifts and grace for ran-somed men,
That God might dwell on earth a-gain.
King-doms and thrones to God be-long;
Crown Him, ye na-tions, in your song:
He won-drous names and powers re-hearse;
His hon-ours shall en-rich your verse.
5) He shakes the heav'ns with loud a-larms;
How ter-ri-ble is God in arms!
In Is-rael are His mer-cies known,
Is-rael is His pe-cul-iar throne.
Pro-claim Him King, pro-nounce Him blest;
He's your de-fence, your joy, your rest:
When ter-rors rise and na-tions faint,
God is the strength of ev-ery saint.