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THE LORD OUR GOD IS CLOTHED WITH MIGHT

Scripture Verse

The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Psalm 50:1

Introduction

Words: Hen­ry K. White (1785–1806).

Music: Tap­pan George Kings­ley, 1838 (🔊 ).

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Henry K. White (1785–1806)
National Portrait Gallery

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Lyrics

The Lord our God is clothed with might,
The winds ob­ey His will;
He speaks, and in His hea­v’n­ly height,
He speaks, and in His hea­v’nly height,
The roll­ing sun stands still.

Rebel, ye waves, and o’er the land
With threat­en­ing as­pect roar;
The Lord up­lifts His aw­ful hand,
The Lord up­lifts His aw­ful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

Ye winds of night, your force com­bine;
Without His high be­hest,
Ye shall not, in the mount­ain pine,
Ye shall not, in the mount­ain pine,
Disturb the spar­row’s rest.

His voice sub­lime is heard afar;
In dist­ant peals it dies;
He yokes the whirl­wind to His car,
He yokes the whirl­wind to His car,
And sweeps the howl­ing skies.

Ye na­tions, bend, in rev­er­ence bend;
Ye mon­archs, wait His nod;
And bid the chor­al song as­cend
And bid the chor­al song as­cend
To ce­le­brate our God.