The New Century Hymnal ‎#132

132. Joy to the World!

1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
let earth its praises bring;
Let every heart prepare Christ room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

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

3 Christ rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
The glories of God's righteousness
and wonders of God's love,
and wonders of God's love,
and wonders, wonders of God's love.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come
• Title: Joy to the World!
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719, alt.)
• Meter: C.M.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:11-15
  ;
  Psalm 99:4-9
• Topic: Christmas; Jesus Christ: Birth and Infancy

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1836)
• Meter: C.M.D.
• Key: D Major