CPWI Hymnal ‎#378

378. 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 and 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, unchangeable Love,
while angels delight to hymn thee above,
thy ransomed 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 (alt.)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Psalm 29:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 104
• Topic: General Hymns: Praise and Thanksgiving
• Source: Based on W. Kethe, 1561
• Notes: A lower setting of HANOVER is found at 821, 832

Tune Information

• Name: HANOVER
• Composer (descant): Alan Gray, 1855-1935
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Tate and Brady's Supllement to the New Version of the Psalms, London, 1708