O Come Let Us Sing to the Lord (Montgomery)

O come

let us sing to the Lord

In God our sal­va­tion re­joice;

In psalms of thanks­giv­ing re­cord

His praise with one spir­it

one voice:

For Je­ho­vah is king

and He reigns

The God of all gods

on His throne

The strength of the hills He main­tains

The ends of the earth are His own.

The sea is Je­ho­vah’s—He made

The tide its do­min­ion to know;

The land is Je­ho­vah’s—He laid

Its sol­id foun­da­tions be­low;

O come let us wor­ship and kneel

Before our cre­at­or

our God;

The peo­ple who serve Him with zeal

The flock whom He guides with His rod.

As Mos­es

the fa­thers of old

Through sea and the wil­der­ness led

His won­der­ful works we be­hold

With man­na from Heav­en are fed;

Today

let us heark­en

to­day

To the voice that speaks from ab­ove

And all His com­mand­ments ob­ey

For all His com­mand­ments are love.

His wrath let us fear to pro­voke

To dwell in His fa­vor unite;

His serv­ice is free­dom

His yoke

Is easy

His bur­den is light:

But oh! of re­bel-lion be-ware

Re­bel-lion that hard-ens the breast

Lest God in His an­ger should swear

That we shall not enter His rest.