Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#294a

294a. O worship the King, all-glorious above

1 O worship the King, all-glorious above,
And gratefully sing His wonderful love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor 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:
Hast stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hast 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.

6 O measureless Might, ineffable Love!
While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble its lays,
With true adoration shall sing to Thy praise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O worship the King, all-glorious above
• Author: Robert Grant (1833. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving
• Source: Based on W. Kethes' Paraphrase, 1551
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: HANOVER
• Composer: William Croft (1708)
• Meter: 10 10, 11 11
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Public Domain.