Verse 1

THE Lord will come and not be slow; His footsteps cannot err; Before Him righteousness shall go, His royal harbinger.

Verse 2

Truth from the earth, like to a flower, Shall bud and blossom then; And justice, from her heavenly bower, Look down on mortal men.

Verse 3

Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress; For Thou art he who shalt by right The nations all possess.

Verse 4

The nations all whom Thou hast made Shall come, and all shall frame To bow them low before thee, Lord, And glorify Thy name.

Verse 5

For great Thou art, and wonders great By Thy strong hand are done: Thou in thy everlasting seat Remainest God alone.

Background: The Lord Will Come And Not Be