English poem
Preparing to meet GOD. Amos iv. 12, 13
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
He comes, thy GOD, O Israel, comes; Prepare thy GOD to meet: Meet him in Battle's Force array'd, Or humbled at his Feet.
He form'd the Mountains by his Strength; He makes the Winds to blow; And all the secret Thoughts of Man Must his Creator know.
He shades the Morning's op'ning Rays; He shakes the solid World; And Stars and Angels from their Seats Are by his Thunder hurl'd.
Eternal Sov'reign of the Skies, And shall thine Israel dare In mad Rebellion to arise, And tempt th' unequal War?
Lo, Nations tremble at thy Frown, And faint beneath thy Rod; Crush'd by its gentlest Movement down, They fall, Tremendous GOD.
Avert the Terrors of thy Wrath, And let thy Mercy shine; While humble Penitence and Pray'r Approve us truly thine.
More by Philip Doddridge
- PETER's Admonition to SIMON MAGUS. Acts viii. 21-24
- Practical Reflections on the State of our Fathers. Zechariah i. 5
- Praise for Recovery from Sickness. Psalm cxviii. 18, 19
- Praising GOD through the whole of our Existence. Psalm cxlvi. 2
- Pressing on in the Christian Race. Phil. iii. 12-14
- Prisoners delivered from the Pit by the Blood of the Covenant. Zech. ix. 11
- Providential Bounties surveyed and improved. Matthew v. 45
- Providing Bags, that wax not old, &c. Luke xii. 33