Common Praise (1998) ‎#275

275. O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be

1 O what their joy and their glory must be,
those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see:
crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest:
God shall be all and in all ever blest.

2 What are the monarch, the court, and the throne?
What are the peace and the joy that they own?
O that the blest ones, who in it have share,
all that they feel could as fully declare!

3 Truly Jerusalem name we that shore,
vision of peace, that brings joy evermore;
wish and fulfillment can be severed ne'er,
nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.

4 There, where no troubles distraction can bring,
we the sweet anthems of Sion shall sing,
while for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise
thy blessed people eternally raise.

5 Now, in the meantime, with hearts raised on high,
we for that country must yearn and must sigh,
seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
through our long exile on Babylon's strand.

6 Low before God with our praises we fall,
of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all;
praise to the Father, and praise to the Son,
praise to the Spirit, with them ever one.

Text Information

• First Line: O what their joy and their glory must be
• Title: O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
• Author: Peter Abelard (1079-1142)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) (alt.)
• Meter: 10 10 10 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 48
  ;
  Psalm 132
  ;
  Psalm 137:1-6
  ;
  Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9
  ;
  2 Timothy 4:6-8
  ;
  Hebrews 11:1-3
  ;
  Hebrews 11:8-16
• Topic: Communion of Saints

Tune Information

• Name: O QUANTA QUALIA
• Meter: 10 10 10 10
• Key: G Major
• Source: Antiphoner, Paris, 1681
• Notes: Lower key 274