The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4705

4705. O Bride of Christ, Rejoice!

1. O Bride of Christ, rejoice!
Exultant raise thy voice
To hail the day of glory,
Foretold in sacred story.

Refrain
Hosanna, praise and glory,
Our King, we bow before Thee.

2. Let shouts of gladness rise
Triumphant to the skies.
Here comes the King most glorious
To reign o’er all victorious [Refrain]

3. He wears no kingly crown
Yet as a king He’s known;
Though not arrayed in splendor,
He still makes death surrender. [Refrain]

4. The weak and timid find
How meek He is and kind;
To them He gives a treasure
Of bliss beyond all measure. [Refrain]

5. Thy heart now open wide,
Bid Christ with thee abide;
He graciously will hear thee,
And be forever near thee. [Refrain]

6. Then go thy Lord to meet;
Strew palm leaves at His feet;
Thy garments spread before Him
And honor and adore Him. [Refrain]

7. E’en babes with one accord
With thee shall praise the Lord,
And every gentile nation
Respond with exultation. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O Bride of Christ, rejoice
• Title: O Bride of Christ, Rejoice!
• Danish Title: Fryd dig, du Kristi Brud
• Author: Unknown (16th Century)
• Translator (from Swedish): Victor O. Petersen (1899)
• Translator (from Danish to Swedish): Johan O. Wallin (1819)
• Refrain First Line: Hosanna, praise and glory
• Meter: 66.77.77
• Language: English; Swedish
• Source: Appeared in a hymnal by A. R. Grydenrup in 1632
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: WO SOLL ICH FLIEHEN HIN, Der Bussfertige Sünder (Nürnberg, Germany: 1679)

Tune Information

• Name: AUF MEINEN LIEBEN GOTT
• Composer: Jacob Regnart (1574)
• Meter: 66.77.77
• Incipit: 11554 55543 32234
• Key: e minor
• Source: Sec­u­lar mel­o­dy; ap­peared in Schöne Kurz­weil­ige Te­ltusche Lied­ler
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: B. Ge­si­us used this as a sac­red mel­o­dy in 1605.