Scripture Verse

O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. Psalm 47:1

Introduction

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Isaac Smith (1734–1805)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 130.

Music: Sil­ver Street Is­aac Smith, cir­ca 1770 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

All na­tions, clap your hands,
Let shouts of tri­umph ring,
For migh­ty ov­er all the lands
The Lord most high is king.

Above our migh­ty foes
He gave us pow­er to stand,
And as our he­rit­age He chose
The good­ly pro­mised land.

With shouts as­cends our king,
With trum­pet’s stir­ring call;
Praise God, praise God, His prais­es sing,
For God is Lord of all.

O sing in joy­ful strains,
And make His glo­ry known;
God over all the na­tions reigns,
And ho­ly is His throne.

Our fa­thers’ God to own
The kings of earth draw nigh,
For none can save but God alone,
He is the Lord Most High.