THE LORD WILL COME AND NOT BE SLOW

[1]
The Lord will come and not be slow,
his footsteps cannot err;
before him righteousness shall go,
his royal harbinger.

[2]
Surely to such as do him fear
salvation is at hand,
and glory shall ere long appear
to dwell within our land.

[3]
Truth from the earth, like to a flower,
shall bud and blossom then,
and justice from her heavenly bower
look down on mortal men.

[4]
Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might,
this wicked earth redress;
for thou art he who shall by right
the nations all possess.

[5]
The nations all whom thou hast made
shall come, and all shall frame
to bow them low before thee, Lord,
and glorify thy name.

[6]
For great thou art, and wonders great
by thy strong hand are done:
thou in thine everlasting seat
remainest God alone.