Genesis_1-1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth

God the Lord is King: before Him,

Earth, with all thy nations, wait!

Where the cherubim adore Him,

Sitteth He in royal state:

He is holy;

Blessed, only Potentate!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

God the Lord is King of Glory,

Zion, tell the world His fame;

Ancient Israel, the story

Of His faithfulness proclaim:

He is holy;

Holy is His awful name.

 

 

 

 

 

In old times when dangers darkened,

When, invoked by priest and

seer;

To His people’s cry He hearkened

Answered them in all their fear:

He is holy;

As they called, they found Him

near.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laws divine to them were

spoken,

From the pillar of the cloud,

Sacred precepts, quickly broken!

Fiercely then His vengeance

flowed,

He is holy;

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