The Lord is King, ye saints rejoice

Verse 1
The Lord is King, ye saints rejoice,
And ceaseless hallelujahs sing!
The angry floods lift up their voice
In vain, for lo! The Lord is King.

Verse 2
All ocean’s waves may swell and roar,
They cannot break their sandy chain:
Supream in majesty and power
Jehovah shall for ever reign.

Verse 3
Though war’s devouring surges rise,
Beyond their bounds they cannot go,
Jehovah sits above the skies,
And rules th’ embattled hosts below.

Verse 4
The counsels vain of earthly kings
He blasts and baffles at his will,
All their designs to nought he brings,
And bids the madding world be still.

Verse 5
’Tis God who bids contention cease,
And makes the flames of war expire,
Destroys the cruel foes of peace,
And burns the weapons of his ire.

Verse 6
Wherefore to him our souls we raise,
Our souls are in his mighty hand,
We dwell within his secret place,
We on the Rock of Ages stand.

Verse 7
Thou, Lord, shalt take thy people’s part,
Our lives beneath thy shadow hide:
Head over all to us thou art,
To us who in thy name confide.

Verse 8
Jesus, we trust in thee alone:
The strength that in thy name we have,
The love that still preserves thine own,
Thro’ all eternity shall save.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in John and Charles Wesley, Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution, 2nd edition (Bristol: Farley, 1745). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 78.
Publishing: Public Domain