Ancient and Modern ‎#754

754. O worship the King, all glorious above

1 O worship the King, all glorious above;
O gratefully sing his power and his love;
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendour and girded with praise.

2 O tell of his might, O sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
his chariots of wrath the deep thunder clouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power hath founded of old;
hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

6 O measureless might, ineffable love,
while angels delight to hymn thee above,
thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
with true adoration shall sing to thy praise.

Text Information

• First Line: O worship the King, all glorious above
• Author: Robert Grant (1779-1838)
• Meter: 10 10 11 11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 104
• Topic: Creation and the Environment; Adoration; Angels; Creation; God: in grace and mercy; God: names and images of; God: Protection of; Praise; Proper 24: Year B; Providence; The Second Sunday before Lent: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: HANNOVER
• Composer (descant): Alan Gray (1855-1935)
• Meter: 10 10 11 11
• Key: G Major
• Source: A Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms, 1708