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O Worship the King

.i Robert Grant (1779 - 1838)



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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 splendour 

And girded with praise.



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O tell of His might, 

O sing of His grace, 

Whose robe is the light, 

Whose canopy space; 

His chariots of wrath 

The deep thunder-clouds 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; 

Hath stablished it fast, 

By a changeless decree, 

And round it hath cast, 

Like a mantle, the sea.



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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 distils 

In the dew and the rain.



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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! 



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(unison)

O Lord of all might,

how boundless Thy love!

while angels delight

to hymn Thee above,

the humbler creation

though feeble their lays,

with true adoration

shall sing to Thy praise.

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