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Jesus Shall Reign Lyrics
Isaac Watts, 1719
Inspired by Psalm 72
- Verse 1
- Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
- Does its successive journeys run,
- His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
- ‘Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
- Verse 2
- Behold the nations great with sin,
- Numbers untold that He will win.
- From east to west the peoples meet
- To bend in worship at His feet.
- Verse 3
- To Him shall endless prayer be made,
- And praises throng to crown His head.
- His name like sweet perfume shall rise
- With every morning sacrifice.
- Verse 4
- Great God, whose universal sway
- The known and unknown worlds obey,
- Now give the kingdom to Thy Son
- Extend His power, exalt His throne.
- Verse 5
- As rain on meadows newly mown,
- So shall He send His influence down;
- His grace on fainting souls distills,
- Like heav’nly dew on thirsty hills.
- Verse 6
- The heathen lands, that lie beneath
- The shades of overspreading death,
- Revive at His first dawning light
- And deserts blossom at the sight.
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