As a Thief in the Night

Lyrics by Zeres Vitto

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Verse 1

The books are open now above,

Before the Ancient of Days;

Each thought and word, each secret deed

Lies open to His gaze.

No mortal knows the hour or day

His case shall pass in review;

The Judge of all the earth is just,

And every record true.

Chorus

As a thief, the hour may come,

Unseen by mortal sight;

Life or death before the throne,

Each case is judged aright.

Awake, awake while mercy pleads,

Before probation’s close;

For none can know when his own name

Before the Judge shall go.

Verse 2

O house of God, the warning hear,

The judgment has begun;

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