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#522 from Lutheran Book of Worship
Come, thou almighty King
Tune
Italian Hymn
Metric Index
6 6 4 6 6 6 4
Key & Modality
F Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (four verses)
1.
Come, thou almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing;
Help us to praise;
Father all-glorious,
O’er all victorious,
Come and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
Help us thy name to sing;
Help us to praise;
Father all-glorious,
O’er all victorious,
Come and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
2.
Come, thou incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword;
Our prayer attend.
Come and thy people bless,
And give thy Word success,
And let thy righteousness
On us descend.
Gird on thy mighty sword;
Our prayer attend.
Come and thy people bless,
And give thy Word success,
And let thy righteousness
On us descend.
3.
Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour!
Thou, who almighty art,
Now rule in ev'ry heart,
And ne’er from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour!
Thou, who almighty art,
Now rule in ev'ry heart,
And ne’er from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.
4.
To thee, great One in Three,
Eternal praises be
Hence evermore!
Thy sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore.
Eternal praises be
Hence evermore!
Thy sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore.
Hymn References
Composer
Felice de Giardini 1716-1796
Publication Date
1978
Source
Source unknown c. 1757
Topic
Beginning of Service; The Holy Trinity; Invocation; Praise, Adoration (1 more...)
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#408 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Come, thou almighty King (F Major ) [click to view]#673 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / God, whose almighty word (F Major ) [click to view]
#400 in Lutheran Book of Worship / God, whose almighty word (F Major ) [click to view]
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