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
Thy 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
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend
Alternate verses: O tell of His might, O 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
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The earth with its store of wonders untold Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old Established it fast by a changeless decree And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea
O measureless might! Ineffable love While angels delight to worship Thee above The humbler creation, though feeble their lays With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise
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