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O For a Shout of sacred Joy

PSALM XLVII
Christ Ascending and Reigning.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
O For a Shout of sacred Joy
To God the sovereign King!
Let every Land their Tongues employ,
And Hymns of Triumph sing.

Augusta 35, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
2
Jesus our God ascends on high;
His heav'nly Guards around
Attend him rising thro' the Sky,
With Trumpet's joyful Sound.

Augusta 35, Stanza 1, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
3
While Angels shout and praise their King,
Let Mortals learn their Strains;
Let all the Earth his Honours sing;
O'er all the Earth he reigns.

Augusta 35, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
4
Rehearse his Praise with Awe profound,
Let Knowledge lead the Song,
Nor mock him with a solemn Sound
Upon a thoughtless Tongue.

Augusta 35, Stanza 2, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
5
In Israel stood his antient Throne,
He lov'd that chosen Race;
But now he calls the World his own,
And Heathens taste his Grace.

6
The British Islands are the Lords,
There Abraham's God is known;
While Powers and Princes, Shields & Swords
Submit before his Throne.

The Ascent of Christ it typify'd in the Psalm
by the Ark brought up to Zion. 2. Sam. 6. 15. and the Kind-
dom of Christ among the Gentiles is here represented by Da-
vid's Victory over the Nations. v. 3. I have chosen to omit
the Type and do Honour to my ascending and reigning Saviour
is more express Language.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. London: Printed for J. Clark, R. Ford, and R. Cruttenden, 1719