Hymn
Holy Fear of God
Ah, how shall fallen man
Be just before his God?
If he contend in righteousness,
We sink beneath his rod.
If he our ways should mark
With strict inquiring eyes,
Could we for one of thousand faults
A just excuse devise?
All-seeing, powerful God!
Who can with thee contend?
Or who, that tries the unequal strife,
Shall prosper in the end?
The mountains, in thy wrath,
Their ancient seats forsake;
The trembling earth deserts her place,
Her rooted pillars shake.
Ah! how shall guilty man
Contend with such a God?
None, none, can meet him and escape,
But through the Saviour's blood.
Holy Fear of God — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/holy-fear-of-god
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Holy Fear of God?
The words of Holy Fear of God were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including The Glad Tidings of Salvation and God and His Church; or, Grace and Glory.
Is Holy Fear of God public domain?
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What is the metre of Holy Fear of God?
Holy Fear of God is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, At Home In Heaven, Jesus, at the Feast of Love and Sow in the Morn Thy Seed.