The Lord is King

LEAD SHEET

Words: Fanny Crosby
Refrain and Music: Anthony D. Moore (2009)

Hear the everlasting song,
Breaking thro’ the sky:
“Glory, glory be to God,
To God on high!”
Thro’ the blessèd courts of light
saints and angels, joyfully singing,
Strike their harps and shout aloud,
“The Lord is King!”

Let the heavens be glad, and let the whole earth rejoice,
And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
Let the heavens be glad, and let the whole earth rejoice,
And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
The Lord is King!

Hear the loud triumphant song,
O’er the world resound:
Like a mighty ocean rolls
The glad, glad sound:
“Hallelujah! praise the Lord!”
Distant lands His triumph singing,
Lift their voice and shout aloud,
“The Lord is King!”

Praise the blessèd Three in One,
All ye heav’nly host:
Praise the Father, praise the Son,
And Holy Ghost!
As it was in all the past,
Through eternal ages ringing,
Ransomed ones shall still proclaim,
“The Lord is King!”

This is another of Crosby's songs alluding to the eternal song of praise where saints and angels unite their voices in praise to the triune God. 

The refrain is taken from David's song  in 1 Chronicles 16 which is echoed in Psalm 96. It makes the connection between the praise in heaven and the praise on earth: Let the heavens be glad and let the whole earth rejoice and let them say among the nations, "The Lord reigns!"