Hymns

See where the great incarnate God

by Isaac Watts·1707·Meter 8.6.8.6 (CM)

Based on Rev 21:5-8.

1

See where the great incarnate God
Fills a majestic throne;
While from the skies his awful voice
Bears the last judgment down.

2

"I am the first, and I the last,
Through endless years the same;
I AM is my memorial still,
And my eternal name.

3

"Such favors as a God can give
My royal grace bestows:
Ye thirsty souls, come taste the streams,
Where life and pleasure flows.

4

"The saint that triumphs o'er his sins,
I'll own him for a son;
The whole creation shall reward
The conquests he has won.

5

"But bloody hands, and hearts unclean,
And all the lying race,
The faithless and the scoffing crew,
That spurn at offered grace;

6

"They shall be taken from my sight,
Bound fast in iron chains,
And headlong plunged into the lake
Where fire and darkness reigns."

7

O may I stand before the Lamb,
When earth and seas are fled!
And hear the Judge pronounce my name,
With blessings on my head!

8

May I with those for ever dwell
Who here were my delight!
While sinners, banished down to hell,
No more offend my sight.