Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#330

330. Psalm 104

1. O worship the King, all glorious above,
And gratefully sing his wonderful 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. 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.

4. 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: Psalm 104
• Author: Robert Grant (1833)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 104
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 24
• Notes: Ps. 104:1–13,27–33 versified by Robert Grant, member of Parliament, from Edward Bickersteth’s Christian Psalmody (1833).

Tune Information

• Name: LYONS
• Composer: Joseph Martin Kraus (1793)
• Arranger: William Gardiner (1815)
• Meter: 10. 10.11.11
• Incipit: 51123 14432
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Tune LYONS by Joseph Martin Kraus, from Musikaliskt Tidsfördrif (1793), adapt. and arr. by William Gardiner in Sacred Melodies from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, Vol. 2 (1815).