1 O the immense! th' amazing height.
The boundless grandeur of a God,
Who treads the worlds beneath his feet,
And sways the nations with his nod!

2 He speaks; and lo, all nature shakes,
Heaven's everlasting pillars bow,
He rends the clouds with hideous cracks,
And shouts his fiery arrows thro'.

3 Well let the nations start and fly
At the blue lightning's horrid glare,
Atheists and emperors shrink and die,
When flame and noise torment the air.

4 Let noise and flame confound the skies,
And drown the spacious realms below,
Yet we will sing the thunderer's praise,
And send our loud hosannas thro'.

5 Celestial king, thy blazing power
Kindles our hearts to flaming joys,
We shout to hear thy thunders roar,
And echo to our father's voice.

6 Thus shall the God our Savior come,
And lightnings round his chariot play,
Ye lightnings, fly to make him room,
Ye glorious storms prepare his way.