What seraph of celestial birth

Verse 1

What Seraph of celestial birth To vie with Israel's God shall dare? Or who among the gods of earth, With our Almighty Lord compare?

Verse 2

With rev'rence and religious dread His saints should to his temple press; His fear through all their hearts should spread, Who his Almighty Name confess.

Verse 3

Lord God of armies, who can boast Of strength or pow'r like thine renoun'd; Of such a num'rous faithful host, As that which does thy throne surround?

Verse 4

Thou dost the lawless sea controul, And change the prospect of the deep; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll; Thou mak'st the rolling billows sleep.

Verse 5

In thee the sov'reign right remains Of earth and heav'n; thee, Lord, alone The world, and all that it contains, Their Maker and Preserver own.

Verse 6

Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand, Yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign; Possess'd of absolute command, Thou truth and mercy dost maintain.