ELHB Hymn 158
Joy to the world! the Lord is come
Isaac Watts (1719)
Hymn Text
158. Joy to the world! the Lord is come
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1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns:
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #158