Choral Akari Archive

O Worship the King

Hymn Information

Folder: Main I, no. 4
Tune used, name: 'Lyons'
Composers: attributed to Haydn, Johann Michael (1737–1806) and Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756–1792)
Lyricist: Grant, Robert (1779–1838); written in 1833, based on Psalm 104
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #2

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
O worship the King
all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing
his power and his love:
our shield and defender,
the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor
and girded with praise.

2
O tell of his might
and sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light,
whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath
the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path
on the wings of the storm.

3
Your bountiful care,
what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air,
it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills,
it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills
in the dew and the rain.

4
Frail children of dust,
and feeble as frail,
in you do we trust,
nor find you to fail.
Your mercies, how tender,
how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender,
Redeemer, and Friend!

5 (not sung here)
O measureless Might,
unchangeable Love,
whom angels delight
to worship above!
Your ransomed creation,
with glory ablaze,
in true adoration
shall sing to your praise!