Ye nations exult; Salvation is nigh. [Epiphany.] This hymn appeared in the British Magazine, May, 1832, p. 233, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and signed "B. J. W." It has been republished in several collections, including Kennedy, 1863, &c. In Mercer's Church Psalm and Hymn Book, Oxford edition, 1864, it begins "Ye nations rejoice, Salvation is nigh."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)