| 1 | No one is to appear before me empty-handed. | |
| 2 | I go in state to court meet the queen. | |
| 3 | And they shall not appear before Jehovah empty-handed; | |
| 4 | Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels; | |
| 5 | God had commanded that no one "should appear before the LORD empty-handed." |