The Worshipbook ‎#533

533. O Worship the King All-glorious Above

1 O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power 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, your power 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 We children of dust are feeble and 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!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O worship the King, all-glorious above
• Title: O Worship the King All-glorious Above
• Author: Robert Grant (1833, alt.)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 104
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Old Testament Lesson; Service for the Lord's Day: After Offering

Tune Information

• Name: LYONS
• Composer (attributed to): J. Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815
• Notes: For lower key, see "You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim."