The Lord is King! lift up thy voice (James William Elliott)

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  • (Posted 2020-11-11)  CPDL #61328:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-11-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words as published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, to the alternative tune Church Triumphant
  • (Posted 2020-11-11)  CPDL #61327:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-11-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 78 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The hymn as published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, to the alternative tune Church Triumphant, melody with words.

General Information

Title: The Lord is King! lift up thy voice
Composer: James William Elliott
Tune: Church Triumphant
Lyricist: Josiah Conder

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

First published:
    2nd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 107
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Original text and translations

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The Lord is King! lift up thy voice,
O earth, and all ye heavens, rejoice;
from world to world the joy shall ring,
‘The Lord omnipotent is King’.

The Lord is King! who then shall dare
resist his will, distrust his care,
or murmur at his wise decrees,
or doubt his royal promises?

He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains;
your God is King, your Father reigns;
and he is at the Father’s side,
the Man of Love, the Crucified.

Alike pervaded by his eye
all parts of his dominion lie:
this world of ours and worlds unseen,
and thin the boundary between.

One Lord one empire all secures;
he reigns, and life and death are yours;
through earth and heaven one song shall ring,
‘The Lord omnipotent is King’.