Scripture Verse

They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Revelation 15:3

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spir­it­ual Songs, Book 1, 1707, num­ber 56. The song of Mos­es and the Lamb: or, Ba­by­lon fall­ing.

Music: Pa­ris Mi­chael Lon­ne­ke, 2005 (🔊 pdf nwc). The com­pos­er grants per­mis­sion to re­pro­duce the mu­sic for Chris­tian use.

Alternate Tunes:

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Michael Lonneke (1943–)

Lyrics

We sing the glo­ries of Thy love,
We sound Thy dread­ful name;
The Chris­tian church unites the songs
Of Mos­es and the Lamb.

Great God, how wond­rous are Thy works
Of ven­geance and of grace:
Thou King of saints, Al­migh­ty Lord,
How just and true Thy ways!

Who dares re­fuse to fear Thy name,
Or wor­ship at Thy throne?
Thy judg­ments speak Thine ho­li­ness
Thro’ all the na­tions known.

Great Ba­by­lon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the mar­tyrs’ blood,
Her crimes shall speed­ily awake
The fu­ry of our God.

The cup of wrath is rea­dy mixed,
And she must drink the dregs;
Strong is the Lord, her so­ver­eign judge,
And shall ful­fill the plagues.