O Worship the King

Psalm 104
O worship the king is a wonderful song that I'm currently teaching to a guitar student that I have.
As we are learning the song I wanted to make sure that we know the hymn inside and out lyrically while we were learning the music.

Sir Robert Grant grew up with the role model his Father, an Anglican Christian man named Charles Grant who was a parliament member and British Statesman. Robert Attended Cambridge college, was a Kings Sargent in the court of the Dutchy of Lancaster and a member of Parliament as well.
His song writing for the song O worship the King came from studying Psalm 104 and comparing the greatness of the King of kings with the majesty of British royalty.

Thats the quick summary, but it gives new perspective to the song when you read through it.


O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

O measureless might! Ineffable love!
While angels delight to worship Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise.