Common Praise ‎#546

546. 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 splendour 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 thunder clouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

*3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power 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 distils 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.

6 O measureless might, ineffable love,
while angels delight to hymn thee above,
thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
with true adoration shall sing to thy praise.

Text Information

• First Line: O worship the King, all glorious above
• Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838
• Meter: 10 10 11 11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Amos 9:6
  ;
  Daniel 7:9
  ;
  Daniel 7:13
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 3:20
  ;
  Genesis 2:6-7
  ;
  Isaiah 40:11
  ;
  Job 10:9
  ;
  Nahum 1:3
  ;
  Proverbs 23:11
  ;
  Psalm 103:20-22
  ;
  Psalm 104:1-13
• Topic: Proper 24: Year B; Creation

Tune Information

• Name: HANOVER
• Composer (descant): Alan Gray, 1855-1935
• Meter: 10 10 11 11
• Key: G Major
• Source: A Supplement to the New Version, 1708
• Copyright: Descant @ Cambridge University Press