Scripture Verse

Let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy. Psalm 5:11

Introduction

Words: Ja­cob Young, in the Am­eri­can Bap­tist Psal­mist, 1843.

Music: Das Lie­ben bringt groß Freud Fried­rich Sil­cher, 1827, from a Swa­bi­an folk tune. Ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son, Car­mi­na Sac­ra, se­cond edi­tion, 1841 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Young (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Friedrich Silcher (1789–1860)

Lyrics

O for a shout of joy,
Loud as the theme we sing!
To this di­vine em­ploy
Your hearts and voic­es bring;
Sound, sound, through all the earth abroad,
The love, th’eter­nal love of God;
The love, th’eter­nal love of God.

Unnumbered my­ri­ads stand,
Of se­raphs bright and fair,
Or bow at His right hand,
And pay their hom­age there;
But strive in vain, with loud­est chord,
To sound the wond­rous love of God;
To sound the won­drous love of God.

Yet sin­ners saved by grace,
Ln songs of low­er key,
In ev­ery age and place,
Have sung the mys­tery;
Have told, in strains of sweet ac­cord,
The love, the so­ver­eign love of God;
The love, the so­ver­eign love of God.

Though earth and hell as­sail,
Lnd doubts and fears arise,
The weak­est shall pre­vail,
And grasp the hea­ven­ly prize,
And through an end­less age re­cord
The love, th’un­chang­ing love of God;
The love, th’un­chang­ing love of God.