Hail to the Lord's An-oint-ed,
Great Da-vid's great-er Son!
Hail, in the time ap-point-ed,
His reign on earth be-gun!
He comes to break op-pres-sion,
To set the cap-tive free,
To take a-way trans-gres-sion,
And rule in e-qui-ty.
He comes with com-fort speed-y
To those who suf-fer wrong;
To help the poor and need-y,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sigh-ing,
Their dark-ness turn to light,
Whose souls, con-demned and dy-ing,
Were pre-cious in His sight.
He shall come down like show-ers
Up-on the fruit-ful earth;
And love, joy, hope, like flow-ers,
Spring in His path to birth;
Be-fore Him on the moun-tains
Shall peace, the her-ald, go;
And right-eous-ness, in foun-tains,
From hill and val-ley flow.
O'er ev-ery foe vic-to-rious,
He on His throne shall rest,
From age to age more glo-rious,
All-bless-ing and all-blessed;
The tide of time shall nev-er
His cov-e-nant re-move;
His name shall stand for-ev-er
That name to us is Love.