Hymn
Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head
Triumphant Zion! lift thy head
From dust and darkness, and the dead;
Tho’ humbled long, awake at length,
And gird thee with thy Saviour’s strength.
Rise, crowned with light,
O Church of Christ, lift up thy head,—
Rise in thy might from dust and darkness and the dead;
Lift up thine eyes—
Behold thy Saviour now appears—
Glorious in pow'r—the Monarch of the years.
Put all thy beauteous garments on,
And let thy excellence be known;
The world thy glories shall confess,
Decked in the robes of righteousness.
No more shall foes unclean invade,
And fill thy hallowed walls with dread;
No more shall hell’s insulting host
Their vict'ry and thy sorrows boast.
God from on high has heard thy prayer;
His hand thy ruin shall repair;
Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease
To guard thee in eternal peace.
Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head — Text from The Gospel Message Choir, 1929. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/triumphant-zion-lift-thy-head
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head?
The words of Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head were written by Philip Doddridge; the version here was published in 1929. The library holds 55 more hymns by Philip Doddridge, including "Kept by the power of God through faith into salvation" and My God, And Is Thy Table Spread.
Is Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Gospel Message Choir, 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 Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head?
Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Lift Up, Lift Up Your Voices Now, The Glory of Christ, and Power of the Gospel and Awake, My Tongue.