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Text:God Is King Forever
Author:Anonymous
Tune:NICAEA
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes
Media:MIDI file

1890. God Is King Forever

1. God is King forever; let the nations tremble;
Throned above the cherubim, by all the earth adored;
He is great in Zion, high above all peoples;
Praise Him with fear, for holy is the Lord.

2. Merciful as mighty, He delights in justice,
For He reigns in righteousness and rules in equity;
Worship and exalt Him, bowing down before Him,
Perfect in power and holiness is He.

3. Holy men of old in Him alone confided;
He forgave their sins, although they felt His chastening rod;
In His holy temple worship and adore Him,
Faithful and holy is the Lord our God.

Text Information
First Line: God is King forever; let the nations tremble
Title: God Is King Forever
Author: Anonymous (1912)
Meter: 11.12.12.10
Language: English
Source: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 266
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: NICAEA
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Meter: 11.12.12.10
Incipit: 11335 56665 35555
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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