Trinity Hymnal ‎#149

149. Joy to the world! the Lord is come

1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Meter: C. M. with repeat
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  1 Chronicles 16:31
  ;
  Psalm 98:4
  ;
  Luke 2:1-14
• Topic: Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: First Advent of; Christ: Kingdom of; Joy

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Adapter: Lowell Mason
• Composer: George Frederick Handel (1742)
• Meter: C. M. with repeat
• Key: D Major