The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2122

2122. Hallelujah! Raise, O Raise

1. Hallelujah! raise, O raise
To our God the song of praise;
All His servants join to sing
God our Savior and our king.

2. Blessèd be forevermore
That dread name which we adore;
Round the world His praise be sung
Through all lands, in every tongue.

3. O’er all nations God alone,
Higher than the heav’ns His throne;
Who is like to God most high,
Infinite in majesty!

4. Yet to view the heav’ns He bends;
Yea, to earth He condescends;
Passing by the rich and great,
For the low and desolate.

5. He can raise the poor to stand
With the princes of the land;
Wealth upon the needy shower;
Set him with the high in power.

6. He the broken spirit cheers:
Turns to joy the mourner’s tears;
Such the wonders of His ways;
Praise His name, forever praise!

Text Information

• First Line: Hallelujah! raise, O raise
• Title: Hallelujah! Raise, O Raise
• Author: Josiah Conder (1854)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: The Cleveland Psalter, by Archdeacon Churton, 1854
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ALCESTER
• Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876
• Meter: 77.77
• Incipit: 53215 65436 54321
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Public Domain