Hymns for a Pilgrim People ‎#38

38. O Worship the King, All Glorious Above

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 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy pow'r hath founded of old,
Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

4 Thy 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 Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail:
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O worship the King, all glorious above
• Title: O Worship the King, All Glorious Above
• Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 (alt.)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2007
• Scripture:
  Psalm 104:1
• Topic: Adoration and Praise; Encopragement; God the Father; Kingdom

Tune Information

• Name: LYONS
• Composer (attributed to): J. Michael Haydn, 1737-1806
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Key: G Major
• Source: Arr. by William Gardiner, Sacred Melodies