Verse 1
Sing, ye heavens, and earth rejoice,
Make to God a chearful noise,
He the work alone hath done,
He hath glorified his Son.
Verse 2
Sons of God exulting rise
Join the triumph of the skies,
See the prodigal is come,
Shout to bear the wanderer home!
Verse 3
Strive in joy with angels strive,
Dead she was, but now’s alive,
Loud repeat the glorious sound,
Lost she was, but now is found!
Verse 4
This through ages all along,
This be still the joyous song,
Wide diffus’d o’er earth abroad,
Music in the ears of God.
Verse 5
Rescued from the fowler’s snare,
Jesus spreads his arms for her,
Jesu’s arms her sacred fence:—
Come, ye fiends, and pluck her thence!
Verse 6
Thence she never shall remove,
Safe in his redeeming love:
This the purchase of his groans!
This the soul he died for once!
Verse 7
Now the gracious Father smiles,
Now the Saviour boasts his spoils;
Now the Spirit grieves no more:
Sing ye heav’ns, and earth adore!
Hallelujah.