See! Roused by Discord’s Fierce Alarms

See! roused by dis­cord’s fierce al­arms

The head­long na­tions rush to arms;

But God aloud as­serts His sway

And earth’s whole fab­ric melts away.

O come

be­hold a scene of dread

Behold a world with slaugh­ter spread;

And know

’tis God who bids each land

Thus feel the ter­rors of His hand.

’Tis His

again the earth to cheer

To break the bow

to snap the spear

To wrap in flames the glit­ter­ing car

And hush the tu­mult of the war.

Be still

ye sons of pride

and own

That I am God

and I alone;

Exalted o’er each hea­then land

Exalted o’er the earth I stand.

On Heav’n’s high Lord our trust we build;

The God of Ja­cob is our shield;

His arm ex­ert­ed in our right

Shall turn each ad­verse pow­er to flight!