JEHOVAH.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I known to them.—Exodus, vi. 2, 3.
That men may know that thou, whose name is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.—Psalm lxxxiii. 18.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.—Isaiah, xii. 2.
Tell mankind Jehovah reigns;
He shall bind the world in chains,
So as it shall never slide,
And with sacred justice guide.
Let the smiling heavens rejoice,
Joyful earth exalt her voice:
Let the dancing billows roar,
Echoes answer from the shore,
Fields their flowery mantles shake,
All shall in their joy partake;
While the wood-musicians sing
To the ever-youthful spring,
Fill His courts with sacred mirth.
He, He comes to judge the earth.
Justly He the world shall sway,
And His truth to men display.
Dr. Henry More.
Before Jehovah’s awful throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and He destroy.
His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wand’ring sheep we stray’d,
He brought us to His fold again.
We’ll crowd His gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise,
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall find thy courts with sounding praise.
Watts.
Ascribe, ye mighty, to Jehovah might
And glory, victor o’er his enemies—
Give to Jehovah glory in the height,
The glory due unto His name! Adore
Him in the beauty of Holiness aright!
Thy voice, Jehovah! on the waters hoar
Careers; the God of glory thundereth;
Jehovah speaks where many waters roar—
Thy voice, Jehovah! is more strong than death—
Thy powerful voice is full of majesty;
Thy voice o’erthrows the cedar with its breath.
And Lebanon and Sirion before Thee
Skip like a calf, and like a unicorn,
In youth transcilient, and by nature free,—
Thy voice Jehovah! shakes the desert lorn;
Jehovah shakes the wilderness; His voice
Maketh the hinds to calve, the forest-born.
Within His temple shall His sons rejoice,
And all declare His glory. On the sea
He sitteth—hushed is its tempestuous noise—
Behold Jehovah sitteth royally
Upon the calmed flood, eternal Lord:
And strength unto His people giveth He,
And them with peace and blessing hath restored.
J. A. Heraud.
The name of Jehovah defend thee!
For He from His dwelling above,
Shall hear thee in trouble, and send thee
The might of His covenant love.
His rod of dread powers
Shall bind with sweet flowers,
In the ark of His covenant love.
Then kneel; for the prayer of the lowly
As incense, all odour shall be,
In the cloud of the holocaust holy,
That pleads in His presence for thee.
His word, like strong mountains,
Still shed forth the fountains
Of strength from His presence for thee.
Waring.