English Lyrics [Verse 1]All people that on earth do dwellSing to the Lord with cheerful voiceServe him with joy his praises tellCome now before him and rejoice[Verse 2]Know that the Lord is God indeedHe formed us all without our aidWe are the flock he comes to feedThe sheep who by his hand were made[Chorus]O let the earth rejoiceLift up…
English Lyrics Beauty for brokennessHope for despairLord, in your sufferingThis is our prayerBread for the childrenJustice, joy, peaceSunrise to sunsetYour kingdom increase!Shelter for fragile livesCures for their illsWork for the craftsmanTrade for their skillsLand for the dispossessedRights for the weakVoices to plead the causeOf those who can’t speakGod of the poorFriend of the weakGive us…
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley’s finest. Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful. Like many hymns, Love Divine is loosely Trinitarian in organization: Christ is invoked in the first stanza as the expression…
“O Worship the King” draws upon the splendor of 19th-century monarchy as a metaphor for the magnificence of the Almighty. Attributes of an earthly monarch are magnified to communicate the characteristics of the King of kings—one who by nature cannot be described.The hymn is based primarily on the rich imagery of Psalm 104:1-7: “Bless the…
English Lyrics I, the Lord of sea and sky,I have heard My people cry.All who dwell in dark and sin,My hand will save.I who made the stars of night,I will make their darkness bright.Who will bear My light to them?Whom shall I send?Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?I have heard You calling in…
The hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first couplet of the second verse paraphrases Galatians 6:14a and the…