Scripture Verse

Wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them Mine indignation, even all My fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. Zephaniah 3:8

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 1392, page 95.

Music: Folk­ing­ham, from Sup­ple­ment to the New Ver­sion, by Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, 1700 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Tremendous Lord, Thy voice we hear,
“In glo­ri­ous ma­jes­ty se­vere,
In an­ger great, I soon will rise!
Vengeance on that ap­point­ed day
Shall fierce­ly claim its des­tined prey,
And seize the vic­tims of the skies.

I will Mine in­dig­na­tion pour,
On all th’as­sem­bled king­doms show­er
The vi­als of My jea­lous ire;
My wrath shall to the ut­most come,
The whole de­vot­ed earth con­sume,
And burn My foes with quench­less fire.