Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) ‎#249

249. Joy to the World

1 Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her king;
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let us our songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

3 No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders, wonders of his love.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
• Title: Joy to the World
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 98:4-9
• Topic: Christmas Season; Epiphany of the Lord; Joy; Salvation

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Arranger: George F. Handel, 1685-1759
• Meter: CM
• Key: D Major
• Source: arr. from Handel, in T. Hawkes' Collection of Tunes, 1833