Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#29

29. Psalm 98

1. Joy to the world; the Lord is come;
Let Earth receive her King;
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room,
And heav'n and nature sing.

2. Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns;
Our mortal songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy to the world, the Lord is come
• Title: Psalm 98
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 98:4-9
• Topic: Christmas
• Notes: Ps. 98:4–9, paraphrased by English minister Isaac Watts, in Psalms of David Imitated (1719).

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Arranger: Lowell Mason (1848)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Incipit: 17654 321
• Key: D Major
• Source: Psalmodia Britannica, vol. 4, ca. 1831
• Notes: Tune ANTIOCH from Psalmodia Britannica, Vol. 4 (ca. 1831), based on themes in G.F. Handel’s Messiah (1741), alt. by Lowell Mason in 1836, then rev. and arr. in The National Psalmist (1848).