Rejoice! the Lord is King

Words: Charles Wesley, 1746

Music: Gopsal, MIDI / Noteworthy Composer
Darwall, MIDI / Noteworthy Composer
Jubilate; MIDI / Noteworthy Composer
Nevin, Resurrection

Meter: 66 66 88

1. Rejoice the Lord is King!
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice,¹ give thanks and sing,
and triumph evermore.

Refrain:
Lift up your heart!
lift up your voice!
Rejoice! again I say, rejoice!

2. Jesus, the Savior reigns,
the God of truth and love:
when he had purged our stains,
he took his seat above. Refrain

3. His kingdom cannot fail;
he rules o'er earth and heaven;
the keys of death and hell
are to our Jesus given. Refrain

4. He sits at God's right hand
till all his foes submit,
and bow to his command,
and fall beneath his feet: Refrain

This final third verse from Henry Sloane Coffin and Ambrose White Vernon, eds., Hymns of the Kingdom of God:

3. He all His foes shall quell,
    Shall all our sins destroy,
And every bosom swell
    With pure seraphic joy: Refrain

Note:

1. Or: Mortals, Return

These editors give the date of composition of the lyrics by Charles Wesley in 1744.