Christ ascending and reigning. <br /> <br />O for a shout of sacred joy <br />To God the sovereign King! <br />Let every land their tongues employ, <br />And hymns of triumph sing. <br /> <br />Jesus our God ascends on high, <br />His heav'nly guards around <br />Attend him rising through the sky, <br />With trumpets' joyful sound. <br /> <br />While angels shout and praise their King, <br />Let mortals learn their strains; <br />Let all the earth his honors sing; <br />O'er all the earth he reigns. <br /> <br />Rehearse his praise with awe profound, <br />Let knowledge lead the song, <br />Nor mock him with a solemn sound <br />Upon a thoughtless tongue. <br /> <br />In Isr'el stood his ancient throne, <br />He loved that chosen race; <br />But now he calls the world his own, <br />And heathens taste his grace. <br /> <br />The British islands are the Lord's, <br />There Abraham's God is known; <br />While powers and princes, shields and swords, <br />Submit before his throne.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-47/
