When The King Shall Come Again

When the King shall come again

All his power revealing,

Splendour shall announce his reign,

Life and joy and healing:

Earth no longer in decay,

Hope no more frustrated;

This is God’s redemption day

Longingly awaited.

In the desert trees take root

Fresh from his creation;

Plants and flowers and sweetest fruit

Join the celebration.

Rivers spring up from the earth,

Barren lands adorning;

Valleys, this is your new birth,

Mountains, greet the morning!

Strengthen feeble hands and knees,

Fainting hearts, be cheerful!

God who comes for such as these

Seeks and saves the fearful.

Deaf ears hear the silent tongues

Sing away their weeping;

Blind eyes see the lifeless ones

Walking, running, leaping.

There God’s highway shall be seen

Where no roaring lion,

Nothing evil or unclean

Walks the road to Zion:

Ransomed people homeward bound

All your praises voicing,

See your Lord with glory crowned,

Share in his rejoicing!

~Words: Christopher Idle & Music: Johann Horn