Millennial Harp 107
Worthy, Worthy Is the Lamb
1Worthy, worthy is the Lamb, Worthy, worthy is the Lamb That was slain.
RefrainGlory, hallelujah! Praise Him, hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah! To the Lamb!
2Savior, let Thy kingdom come! Now the power of sin consume, Bring Thy blest millennium, Holy Lamb.
3Thus may we each moment feel, Love Him, serve Him, praise Him still, Till we all on Zion's hill See the Lamb.
- Also sung to
- Worthy (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #135)
The verse
- Meter
- 17 · the hymnal prints 6.6.6.6. with Refrain
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 40% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
Worthy, worthy is the Lamb, Worthy, worthy is the Lamb That was slain./˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/17A
Verse 2
Savior, let Thy kingdom come! Now the power of sin consume, Bring Thy blest millennium, Holy Lamb./˘///˘//˘/˘˘/˘////˘/˘˘/˘/25A
Verse 3
Thus may we each moment/˘˘//˘6A
feel, Love Him, serve Him, praise//˘/˘/6B
Him still, Till we all on˘//˘/˘6C
Zion's hill See the Lamb./˘//˘/6D
Refrain
Glory, hallelujah! Praise Him, hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah! To the Lamb!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/21A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.