Hymn

Joy to the World

Metre 8.6.8.6.

Joy to the world! the Lord is come:

Let earth receive her King;

Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room

And heav'n and nature sing,

And heav'n and nature sing,

And heav'n, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!

Let men their songs employ,

While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

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, far as the curse is found.

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, wonders of His love.

Amen.

Joy to the World — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/joy-to-the-world

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote Joy to the World?

The words of Joy to the World were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Give Thanks to God Most High and The Faithfulness of God.

Is Joy to the World public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from American Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.

What is the metre of Joy to the World?

Joy to the World is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, On Opening a Place of Social Prayer, There Is an Eye that Never Sleeps and Delight in Ordinances of Worship; or, God present in his Churches.