Hymns

Joy to the world! the Lord is come!

by Isaac Watts·1719·Meter 8.6.8.6 (CM)

Based on Ps 98

1

Joy to the world! the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heav'n and nature sing.

2

Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3

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.

4

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

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