Words by Robert Grant
Based on Psalm 104
Music by Johann Haydn
[Verse 1]
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O worship the King all-glorious above,
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And gratefully sing His power and His love:
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Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
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Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
[Verse 2]
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O tell of His might and sing of His grace,
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Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.
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His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
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And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.
[Verse 3]
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Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
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It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
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It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
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And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
[Verse 4]
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Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
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In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail.
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Thy mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
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Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!
[Verse 5]
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O measureless might! Ineffable love!
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While angels delight to worship Thee a-bove,
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The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
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With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise.