Psalm 97

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Jehovah reigns! O earth, rejoice

Author: Harriet Auber (1829)
Tune: ABENDS
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Jehovah reigns! O earth, rejoice;
Ye ransom'd isles, exalt your voice;
Make every hill and vale around,
Responsive to the welcome sound.

2 Though far remov'd from mortal eye,
He reigns in glorious majesty;
Himself in awful clouds conceal'd,
His truth, His justice stands reveal'd.

3 Avenging light'nings from the gloom,
His bold, presumptuous foes consume;
But Mercy's voice, in gentlest strains,
Tells ev'ry clime, Jehovah reigns.

4 Yes, Jesus reigns! the Gospel's light
Beams with mild radiance on our sight;
And fallen man, redeem'd, forgiven,
May lift his heart, his hopes to Heaven.

5 Oh, then, obey His sacred word,
All ye who love and fear the Lord:
Go, publish through His wide domains
The glorious truth—Jehovah reigns!

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Author: Harriet Auber

Auber, Harriet, daughter of Mr. James Auber, b. in London, Oct. 4, 1773. During the greater part of her quiet and secluded life she resided at Broxbourne and Hoddesdon, Herts, and died at the latter place on the 20th Jan., 1862. Miss Auber wrote devotional and other poetry, but only a portion of the former was published in her Spirit of the Psalms, in 1829. This collection is mainly her work, and from it some useful versions of the Psalms have been taken and included in modern hymn-books, about 20 appearing in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866. Miss Auber's name is widely known, but it is principally through her exquisite lyric, "Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed," and the Epiphany hymn, "Bright was the guiding star that led." (For criti… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jehovah reigns! O earth, rejoice
Title:	Psalm 97
Author:	Harriet Auber (1829)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1829
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1930.