JOYFUL to your heavenly King,
O ye saints your anthems raise;
For 'tis sweet for saints to sing
Their Almighty Maker's praise.
Sing a new song to the Lord;
Let sweet music wake your joys;
Let the harp and lute accord
With the praises of your voice.
For Jehovah's word is right,
All his acts are faithful found;
Righteousness is his delight;
The earth is with his goodness crowned.
At the mandate of the Lord,
Sun and moon appeared on high;
At Jehovah's mighty word,
Countless stars adorned the sky.
All the waters of the seas,
As in cisterns, fast he keeps;
And in his vast treasuries
Stores the ocean's mighty deeps.
Let all nations of the earth
Fear and dread th' Almighty God;
At his word, worlds sprung to birth;
He commanded; firm they stood.
God will frustrate and subvert
All the heathen's plans and way;
But the purpose of his heart,
Firm and changeless stands for aye.
Blessed is the honoured place
Where Jehovah reigns alone;
Blessed is the favoured race
He hath chosen for his own.
From his heavenly dwelling place,
God looks down upon the earth;
His all-seeing eye surveys
All its tribes of every birth.
He who, in his wondrous plan,
Formed the hearts of all mankind,
Weighs the works of every man,
Scans the thoughts of every mind.
Armies cannot save a king,
Nor a hero warlike force;
'Tis a vain and foolish thing
Trusting to a fleet war-horse.
Lo! the Lord's all-seeing eye
Is on all that seek his face;
All that patiently rely
On his mercy and his grace.
To deliver them from death,
When their foes would overpower:
To preserve their life and breath
Even in famine's dreary hour.
Patiently our spirits wait,
'Till Jehovah be revealed,
In his power and glory great,
As our Helper and our Shield.
We have trusted in his name
In our dark and evil days;
We shall yet rejoice in Him
For his goodness and his grace.
O may we all-gracious Lord,
With thy mercy still be blest,
For in thine all-faithful word,
We will hope, and we will rest.
O ye saints your anthems raise;
For 'tis sweet for saints to sing
Their Almighty Maker's praise.
Sing a new song to the Lord;
Let sweet music wake your joys;
Let the harp and lute accord
With the praises of your voice.
For Jehovah's word is right,
All his acts are faithful found;
Righteousness is his delight;
The earth is with his goodness crowned.
At the mandate of the Lord,
Sun and moon appeared on high;
At Jehovah's mighty word,
Countless stars adorned the sky.
All the waters of the seas,
As in cisterns, fast he keeps;
And in his vast treasuries
Stores the ocean's mighty deeps.
Let all nations of the earth
Fear and dread th' Almighty God;
At his word, worlds sprung to birth;
He commanded; firm they stood.
God will frustrate and subvert
All the heathen's plans and way;
But the purpose of his heart,
Firm and changeless stands for aye.
Blessed is the honoured place
Where Jehovah reigns alone;
Blessed is the favoured race
He hath chosen for his own.
From his heavenly dwelling place,
God looks down upon the earth;
His all-seeing eye surveys
All its tribes of every birth.
He who, in his wondrous plan,
Formed the hearts of all mankind,
Weighs the works of every man,
Scans the thoughts of every mind.
Armies cannot save a king,
Nor a hero warlike force;
'Tis a vain and foolish thing
Trusting to a fleet war-horse.
Lo! the Lord's all-seeing eye
Is on all that seek his face;
All that patiently rely
On his mercy and his grace.
To deliver them from death,
When their foes would overpower:
To preserve their life and breath
Even in famine's dreary hour.
Patiently our spirits wait,
'Till Jehovah be revealed,
In his power and glory great,
As our Helper and our Shield.
We have trusted in his name
In our dark and evil days;
We shall yet rejoice in Him
For his goodness and his grace.
O may we all-gracious Lord,
With thy mercy still be blest,
For in thine all-faithful word,
We will hope, and we will rest.
