Concordia ‎#28

28. O Worship the King

1 O worship the King all-glorious above;
O gratefully sing His pow'r and His love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, 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 thunderclouds 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 distills 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.

Text Information

• First Line: O worship the King, all-glorious above
• Title: O Worship the King
• Author: Robert Grant (1833)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Praise and Prayer: Praise

Tune Information

• Name: HANOVER
• Composer: William Croft, 1678-1727
• Key: A Major