Sing to the Lord a joyful song, Earth to His praise the note prolong

Verse 1

Sing to the Lord a joyful song; Earth to his praise the note prolong, Till realms remote his acts have known, And man's whole race his wonders own.

Verse 2

Great is the Lord, and great his praise! What God, like him, our fear can raise? Not such as heathen hands afford, Created first, and then ador'd.

Verse 3

Exult, ye heav'ns! Exult, O earth! And, partner in the sacred mirth, Let ocean in its fulness rise, And thunder to the distant skies!

Verse 4

Rich in his gifts, ye fields, rejoice! While in his praise the woods their voice Exalt, and hail, with lowly rod, The presence of th' approaching God!

Verse 5

He comes, in awful pomp array'd! He comes, to judge the world he made! TRUTH shall with him the case decide, And EQUITY his sentence guide.