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 flow'r, shall bud and blossom then, and justice, from her heav'nly bow'r, look down on mortal men.

Verse 3

Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might, this wicked earth redress; for thou art he who shall by right the nations all possess.

Verse 4

For great thou art, and wonders great by thy strong hand are done: Thou, in thy everlasting seat, remainest the God alone.