Now the King in Thy Strength Shall Be Joyful

Now the king in Thy strength

Shall be joy­ful

O Lord

Thy sal­va­tion shall make him re­joice;

For the wish of his heart

Thou didst free­ly ac­cord

The re­quest of his sup­pli­ant voice.

All the bless­ings of good­ness

Thou free­ly didst give;

With the pur­est of gold he is crowned;

When he asked of Thee life

Thou hast made Him to live

While the ag­es shall cir­cle around.

Through sal­va­tion from Thee

Has his fame spread abroad

Thou didst glo­ry and hon­or im­part;

Thou hast made him most bless­èd

Forever

O God

And Thy pre­sence has glad­dened his heart.

For the king in the strength

Of Je­ho­vah most high

Did un­wa­ver­ing con­fi­dence place;

On the name of Je­ho­vah

He still will re­ly

And shall stand ev­er­more in His grace.

By the hand of Thy might

And Thy an­ger de­stroyed

All Thy foes and their off­spring shall fail;

By the ev­il they planned

And the craft they em­ployed

They shall nev­er against Thee pre­vail.

Thou they plot­ted their schemes

Against Thee and Thy might

In their pur­pose they can­not succeed;

Thou wilt cer­tain­ly make them

Turn back­ward in flight

For Thine ar­rows are rea­dy to speed.

Be Thou then high ex­alt­ed

Jehovah our God

And arise in the weight of Thy might;

We shall sing of Thy strength

And om­ni­po­tent rod;

In Thy prais­es shall be our de­light.