Hymn · Psalm 45
The Church the Bride of Christ
AYLESBURY · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
auto-underlaid These words and this tune share a meter but have no hand-edited setting; the underlay was fitted automatically (syllable-for-note, validated). The opening stress differs from the tune's — usually fine; trust your ear.
1.O Royal Bride give heed,
And to my words attend;
For Christ the King forsake the world
And ev'ry former friend.
2.Thy beauty and thy grace
Shall then delight the King;
He only is the rightful Lord,
To Him thy worship bring.
3.To thee, since thou art His,
Great honor shall be shown;
The rich shall bring their gifts to thee
Thy glory they shall own.
4.Enthroned in royal state,
All glorious thou shalt dwell,
With garments fair, in-wrought with gold,
The Church He loveth well.
5.And they that honor thee
Shall in thy train attend;
And to the palace of the King
Shall joyfully ascend.
6.O King of royal race,
Thy sons of heavenly birth
Thou wilt endow with kingly gifts
As princes in the earth.
7.Thy name shall be proclaimed
Through all succeeding days,
And all the nations of the earth
Shall give Thee endless praise.
Try these words on another tune
- SELLINGE — John Pyke Hullah
- BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason
- SOUTHWELL — Daman's Psalter, 1579
- ST. MICHAEL — William Crotch
- ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams
Other words for this tune
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God — Edwin Hatch
- Exultent Confidence — The Psalter, 1912
- The Ascended King — The Psalter, 1912
- The Folly of Unbelief — The Psalter, 1912
- A Charge to Keep I Have — Charles Wesley
- A Mourner's Entreaties — The Psalter, 1912
- Blest Be The Tie That Binds — John Fawcett
- Forgiveness and Deliverance — The Psalter, 1912
- Forgiving Mercy Besought — The Psalter, 1912
- Integrity of Character — The Psalter, 1912
- Lord Jesus Think On Me — Synesius of Cyrene
- Lord, Bless and Pity Us — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- My Heart Inditing Is (Second Version) — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- Not All the Blood of Beasts — Isaac Watts
- Prayer for Defense and Guidance — The Psalter, 1912
- Prayer for the Oppressed — The Psalter, 1912
- Psalm 50:7-15 — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
- Stand Up and Bless the Lord — James Montgomery
- The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin
- The Friendship of the Lord — The Psalter, 1912
- The Godly Man — The Psalter, 1912
- The Sins of Youth — The Psalter, 1912
- We Give Thee But Thine Own — William Walsham How
- We Know Thee Who Thou Art — William Bright
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: DENNIS, FESTAL SONG, SCHUMANN, ST. BRIDE, TRENTHAM.
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