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Hymns · 1719

Joy to the World

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Hymnal / album The Psalms of Da­vid (Isaac Watts, 1719).
Publisher Isaac Watts
Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

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Lyrics

Verse 1
Joy to the world; the Lord is come; (Ps. 98:4-8)
Let earth re­ceive her king: (Ps. 98:4-6)
Let ev­ery heart pre­pare Him room, (Luke 2:7)
And Heav­en and na­ture sing,
And Heav­en and na­ture sing,
And Heav­en, and Heav­en, and na­ture sing. (Ps. 98:4-9, Ps. 96:11-12, I Chronicles 16:31)

Verse 2
Joy to the earth, the Sav­ior reigns; (Ps. 98:9, Rev. 11:15)
Let men their songs em­ploy; (Ps. 98:1)
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sound­ing joy,
Repeat the sound­ing joy,
Repeat, re­peat, the sound­ing joy. (Ps. 98:7-8, Ps. 96:11-12)

Verse 3
No more let sins and sor­rows grow,
Nor thorns in­fest the ground; (Gen. 3:17-18)
He comes to make His bless­ings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found. (Rom. 5:18-21)

Verse 4
He rules the world with truth and grace, (Ps. 98:9, John 1:17)
And makes the na­tions prove
The glo­ries of His right­eous­ness, (Ps. 98:2-3, Ps. 98:9, Ps. 96:3, Ps. 96:13)
And won­ders of His love,
And won­ders of His love,
And won­ders, won­ders, of His love.