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(11.10.11.9.)
Composed for “Church Hymns with Tunes”, S.P.C.K., 1874.
| 1 | God the all-terrible! King, who ordainest | |
| Great winds Thy clarions, lightnings Thy sword, | ||
| Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest: | ||
| Give to us peace in our time, O Lord! | ||
| 2 | God the omnipotent! Mighty Avenger, | |
| Watching invisible, judging unheard: | ||
| Doom us not now in the hour of our danger: | ||
| Give to us peace in our time, O Lord! | ||
| 3 | God the all-merciful! Earth hath forsaken | |
| Thy ways of blessedness, slighted Thy word; | ||
| Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken: | ||
| Give to us peace in our time, O Lord! | ||
| 4 | God the all-righteous One! Man hath defied Thee; | |
| Yet to eternity standeth Thy word; | ||
| Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee | ||
| Give to us peace in our time, O Lord! | ||
| 5 | God the all-pitiful! Is it not crying — | |
| Blood of the guiltless like water outpoured? | ||
| Look on the anguish, the sorrow, the sighing; | ||
| Give to us peace in our time, O Lord! | ||
| 6 | God the all-wise! By the fire of Thy chastening, | |
| Earth shall to freedom and truth be re-stored; | ||
| Through the thick darkness Thy Kingdom is hastening; | ||
| Thou wilt give peace in Thy time, O Lord! Amen. | ||
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