1. Rejoice, rejoice, believers,
and let your lights appear!
The evening is advancing,
and darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising
and soon he will draw nigh;
up, watch in expectation!
At midnight comes the cry.
2. See that your lamps are burning,
replenish them with oil;
and wait for your salvation,
the end of earthly toil.
The watchers on the mountain
proclaim the Bridegroom near;
meet him as he approaches,
with alleluias clear.
3. You saints, who here in patience
your cross and suff’rings bore,
shall live and reign forever,
when sorrow is no more:
around the throne of glory
the Lamb you shall behold,
in triumph cast before him
your diadems of gold.
4. Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
arise, O Sun so longed for,
above the darkened sphere.
With hearts and hands uplifted,
we plead, O Lord, to see
the day of earth’s redemption
that sets your people free!
REJOICE, REJOICE, BELIEVERS
First Line:
Rejoice, rejoice, believers, and let your lights appear!
Songbook: Trinity Psalter Hymnal 2018
Page Number: 388
Song Key: D
Language: English
Authors: Laurentius Laurenti, 1700
Tune Name: GREENLAND
Composer: attr. to Michael Haydn,, 1737-1806
Arranger: in Benjamin Jacob, "National Psalmody", 1819
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