Hymn
O Worship the King all glorious above
O worship the King, all glorious above,
And gratefully sing His wonderful love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.
O tell of His might, and 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.
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 distills in the dew and the rain.
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.
Amen.
O Worship the King all glorious above — Text from The New Christian Hymnal, 1929. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-worship-the-king-all-glorious-above
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote O Worship the King all glorious above?
The words of O Worship the King all glorious above were written by Robert Grant; the version here was published in 1929. The library holds 2 more hymns by Robert Grant, including Savior, When in Dust to Thee and When Gathering Clouds.
Is O Worship the King all glorious above public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The New Christian Hymnal, published in 1929. 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 O Worship the King all glorious above?
O Worship the King all glorious above is in 10.10.11.11. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, I Will Trust and Not Be Afraid, The Lord Will Provide and Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim.