Christian Worship ‎#620

620. 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 This earth, with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, your pow'r has founded of old,
established it fast by a changeless decree,
and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea.

4 Your 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 you do we trust, nor find you to fail;
your 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, 1779-1838 (abr., alt.)
• Meter: 10 10 11 11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2021
• Scripture:
  Psalm 104
• Topic: Praise and Adoration
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LYONS
• Composer: Joseph M. Kraus, 1756-1792
• Composer (attributed to): Johann Michael Haydn, 1737-1806
• Meter: 10 10 11 11
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Setting: Sacred Melodies, 1825, ed. William Gardiner
• Copyright: Public Domain