Terrible to Kings

Intro

Solo male voice intoning

Known in Judah

Great in Israel

Salem

Zion

Verse 1

In Judah God is known

His name is great in Israel

Abode

Established

He stays in Salem

His dwelling place is Zion

(Great in Israel)

(In Zion)

(His name is known)

Verse 2

There he broke the flashing arrows

The shield the sword

Weapons

Of war

Shining steel shattered

Hard iron broken

(Broke them)

(Shattered)

(The shield the sword)

(Broken)

Instrumental Break

Verse 3

Glorious art thou

Majestic

More than mountains

Everlasting peaks

Stouthearted stripped

They sank into sleep

Men of war

Lost

Unable to use their hands

(Sank into sleep)

(Unable)

(Their hands Lord)

Verse 4

At thy rebuke O God of Jacob

Both rider and horse

Lay

Stunned

Stillness in the dust

Silence in the stable

(Lay stunned)

(Stunned)

(Rider and horse)

Bridge

But thou art terrible

Who can stand before thee

When once thy anger is roused

When once thy anger is roused

When once thy anger is roused

Verse 5

From the heavens thou didst utter judgment

The earth feared

And

Was still

Trembling ground

Quiet world

(And was still)

(Still)

(The earth feared)

Instrumental Break

Verse 6

When God arose to establish judgment

To save the oppressed

Save

All

Rising for the low

Rising for the broken

(To save them)

(All of them)

(The oppressed Lord)

Verse 7

Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee

The residue of wrath

Thou

Wilt gird

Anger turns to honor

Fury turns to faith

(Shall praise thee)

(Even wrath)

(Praise thee Lord)

Chorus

Make your vows to the Lord your God

Perform them

Bring

Gifts

He cuts off the spirit of princes

He is terrible to the kings

Terrible to the kings of the earth

(Terrible to kings)

(Cuts off princes)

(Bring gifts Lord)

Outro

Terrible

To the kings of the earth

Bring gifts

Who is to be feared

In Zion

His name is known

Known

Known