O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Psalm 96:9
Words: John S. B. Monsell, Hymns of Love and Praise 1863.
Music: Was lebet, was schwebet Choral-Buch vor Johann Heinrich Reinhardt (Uttingen, Germany: 1754) (🔊 pdf nwc).
O worship the Lord
In the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience,
And incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore Him: the Lord is His name!
Low at His feet lay
Thy burden of carefulness,
High on His heart He will bear it for thee,
And comfort thy sorrows,
And answer thy prayerfulness,
Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.
Fear not to enter
His courts in the slenderness
Of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine;
For truth in its beauty,
And love in its tenderness,
These are the offerings to lay on His shrine.
These, though we bring them
In trembling and fearfulness,
He will accept for the name that is dear;
Mornings of joy give
For evenings of tearfulness,
Trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.
O worship the Lord
In the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience,
And incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore Him: the Lord is His name!