William Billings - Halifax - текст песни (слова)

Not to our names, Thou only just and true,
 Not to our worthless names is glory due;
 Thy power and grace, Thy truth and justice, claim
 Immortal honors to Thy sovereign name:
 Shine through the earth from heaven, Thy blest abode
 Nor let the heathens say, "And where's your God?"
 
 Heaven is Thine higher court, there stands Thy throne,
 And through the lower worlds Thy will is done;
 Our God framed all this earth, these heavens He spread;
 But fools adore the gods their hands have made:
 The kneeling crowd, with looks devout, behold
 Their silver saviors, and their saints of gold.
 
 O nation, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain
 Attempt thy ruin, and oppose His reign;
 Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days,
 And death and silence had forbid His praise:
 But we are saved, and live; let songs arise,
 And let us bless the God that built the skies.